d with a strange sense of calm. It was like a switch had flipped in

But now, looking at him letting Chloe kiss him in front

ded, right?" one of the guys from their group joked, and

ikes Ethan so much, how could she possibly

rs, everyone has known about Ethan and Chloe's relationship, and she st

ing about t

lentine's Day presents. No wonder they all looked at me

small, hum

enough for everyone to hear. "If they want to

my new ski jacket. I pulled out the small box o

eps closer, my ey

't you been into strawber

up th

but it looks like we won't be need

eep over her, th

nt status means you won't be able to enter the Vance fami

d the box of condoms. It landed i

hat do yo

hat he expected. I didn't stammer or look like I was about to burst into tears like I u

eft Chloe's side and wal

do you mean you're not e

innocence. "Isn't it obvious? Don't you

m straight

want you

th cheers, but with laughter. Everyone was pointing at m

w could you not

ver want a small-town girl l

four heirs years ago. No one else can inherit

really thinks she has

y path to inheriting my own family's fortune was by choosing one of these four men. They had

le on, my mind unusually calm. The

Ethan said, his voice low and c

putting a proprietary arm around her shoulders. The rest of th

snowy mountain and pulled out my

to the dinner

d almost

cei

stom-made suit I had commissioned. It was originally a gift for Ethan, but now, I

my phone, a scream suddenl

ch o

s, completely out of control, careening down the

ightly colored ski

had no time to dodge, no time to eve

e. It was a brutal, searing impact. I could

ole the breath from my lungs. I instinctively clu

hl

, his eyes filled with nothing but concern for her. He tenderly checked her for

ed his furiou

, what the hell are you

wait for

ly trying to

resent. Sometimes I really wondered if Ethan' s brain had been eaten by zombie

ad the sense to c

fussing over her as she was carefully loaded onto a str

soaking through my pants and into the white snow, c

ld we take Sarah t

hen it came, was as cold and sharp a

e brought it

n's arms, turned her head. Her gaze met mine, and it wa

on seemed to