Rejected Proposal, Found Forever

affair, held on the great lawn behind their mansion. Ethan despised these events, the f

when he saw Liam. He was holding court with a group of Chloe' s frie

n fr

, customizable with a dedicated app, and the movement was a complex hybrid of mechanical and quartz he' d spent six months perfectin

ayes was w

de his hands shake. He had shown the designs only t

e group, his eyes lo

han said, his voic

p his wrist, displaying it proudly. "Isn' t it? Chloe

"Chloe takes such good care of you, Liam

smug face, and something inside him snapped. All the canceled dates, the lame excuses, the

s arm. "Where di

ening. "I told you, Chloe gave it

ed out, his voice a harsh whisper.

e in her hand. She saw the scene, Ethan gr

u doing?" she deman

s eyes off Liam. "Ask him why he' s w

to the watch on Liam' s wrist. A flash of guilt c

re making a scene," she h

t a scene, Chloe. I

ecause he' s interested in that sort of thing. I let him try on the prototype.

pset if he even looked at another girl. He remembered how she would praise his possessiveness, calling it pr

' s arm as if it

"Look, I' m sorry," she said, her voice dropping. "I s

epeated, his voice hollow. "Chloe, t

oothe him. "It was just sitting in my drawer. Liam wa

to cause a problem. Chloe was just being nice to me. You don' t have to be so aggressive." He looked around at the assembled crowd,

, the angry, jealous boyfriend bullying the poor, adopted orphan.

ign, that she was on his side. But her face was

tch. This was about loyalty. And for the first time, he was forced to con