Chapter 72

“Paying you back?” I said as Soren and I walked along the path to my cottage. I had only started my work a few days ago, and I didn’t have enough savings yet. But he wanted me to pay him back? And he was leading me home. I felt panicked. What if he wanted me to do something I wasn’t ready for? Rosalie, stop thinking like that! I scolded myself. Soren wasn’t that kind of person—I should have known that by now. He had a crooked grin on his face, and even though I had never had a reason before not to trust him, all the thoughts I’d kept in the back of my mind about how odd it was that he was being so nice to me resurfaced. Who would do all of this without expecting something in return? No one. So… did he want something from me after all? No, no, I kept shaking my head. He wouldn’t. I must have misunderstood. But what if… I felt like I was about to cry. What should I do? I regretted so much that I didn’t insist on not buying that expensive furniture. “Come on, Ro,” he said, reaching over a