Ten Years a Ward

om. Ethan and Chloe were out from morning t

fore her departure, she wen

took it. This was a toast to her y

a little dizzy and went to

rivate room, she saw Ethan, s

someone in the room talking about Ethan's upc

Ethan's famili

Her affairs are no

murmured, "I'm an adult. I'm sensible. From n

then to the restroom to splash her face

he ran into a tipsy

Ethan!" She threw herself into his arms, com

ingly and swept her up into a

e for a long t

ng? her classmat

ile. "An eyelas

ver date anyone, that he would just protect

"We both have our own lives to live

ays thought he was your boyfriend

ople were predestined. She and Ethan would

he saw Ethan and Chloe

're still not home. You're getting mo

e him to protect you now, and you'll have a boyfriend

m, her eyes lowered. It

, tilting it towards her, his own

r, always tilting it in her direction. He used to say

r white dress, bring

r senses and walked

e would be her own sunflower