up the long, winding driv

the late summer breeze, but a strange

I sa

ager, stepped out. He wasn' t supposed

ognize emerged from the passen

n, bright and intrusive, like socia

ple, are finally reunited! Ash bet

king my head.

h is so gonna be the jeal

caught.

ok of pure arrogance I' d never se

the woman, Chloe, trai

ing with a condescension that was

"Can't wait for Ethan to use her mon

ed. Use my m

gesturing dismissively at the wo

rine smile that did

re Suite," Ethan continued, naming my favorite

art pulling some strings. Chloe needs a

t the Ethan I knew, the quiet, somewhat

e was anything but kind. "I'll keep you around, for appearances. But my h

already laying down the law!

ze hardening, "and I might, just might, le

f easy? What was

ey spoke of a "previous life," a "web-drama" where Ethan used me, mar

ow, apparently,

t as the "jealous, overbearin

I could