“Ethan,” I called out, and his gaze immediately shifted to my face.
“Hmm?”
“Why did you go after Claire if you liked me?” I asked, eyes stinging with tears.
“Oh baby, I do not like you,” I frowned at him. “I adore you,” he finished in a soft voice before bringing my hand up to his mouth, in order to softly kiss my knuckles.
My breath hitched in my throat at both his words and his sweet gesture.
“Why then?” I insisted.
“Because I’m a good for nothing i***t,” he let out before chuckling humorlessly. “I believed that by dating your stepsister, I’d get closer to you.”
I let out a noncommittal hmm in response. i***t indeed.
His eyes turned a bit hard at that and his smirk slipped off his face.
“Did I say that out loud?” I asked while blushing to the roots of my hair.
“You di
