o back to my maiden name. As I stood in line, the door opened and Ethan walked in, with S

ed surprised. "What

"Don't tell me you're here because of that little scene

me personal matters,"

king about our home. "Good. Go home and rest. We'll

house being my "home" was a joke. My real home was a world away, with pare

in the world. He looked down at her with a fondness that made my stomach turn. "She's been so worried abou

led it a formality. He adjusted the scarf around Sophia's neck, his movements g

his way home from work. He forgot. When he finally got home late that night, he just said, "Oh, I'm sorry. I w

sick. He had never adjusted my scarf or l

asn't in the grand gestures. It was in the small, uncon

n stepped away to talk to a clerk, she leaned

was thinking of me. Every gift he gave you was something I on

and for the first time, I didn't feel the sting

said, my

nsettle her. She expect

ng him," I a

in an instant, replaced by a twisted smile. "You think it's that easy?

was no longer afraid. There was no