Rejected Love, Contracted Life

e night I finally confessed my love to Ethan Va

ks and leather, but his smile vanished as I told him, "I want you, Et

n't be ridiculous, Ava. You're my ward. You're a child. I raised y

ud of malice, and announced their engagement, telling me, "Brittany's room has t

d my dreams into jewelry designs, w

o protect me, who cheered my eve

esperate need for escape, I pulled out my phone and texted a man I barely knew: