Chapter 13: Pretty Lies (1)
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Yes, it wasn’t just Ethan that thought Ashton was still unable to walk. Elizabeth, Mason, Edward, Charles, everyone the man knew… They still held the assumption that Ashton was a man unable to move on his own.
The reasoning behind the twenty seven year old man’s actions was simple…
‘I want to tell him… but I don’t want him to leave me…’ Ashton thought to himself. It was precisely that, he feared losing Ethan, if the student ever found out the truth, there would be no guarantee he’d remain by the man’s side.
Ashton sat down in his wheelchair and looked at Ethan’s adorable sleeping face. Ashton smiled but his eyes held a glimmer of pain. ‘I don’t care if what you feel towards me is pity… or love… either way all I need is for you to stand by my side…’ He
