Chapter 15 What If I Were the One Who Cheated

Liora's POV Ethan made it sound like I couldn't do anything without him. I frowned and shut him down. "This is my business, Ethan. Please stay out of it." Ethan looked at me with a wounded, pitiful expression. He stopped trailing after me. "Lio, I'm just worried about you. I want to help, but you keep pushing me away," he said, sounding aggrieved. I felt nothing for him. "Thanks, but I don't need it." I didn't look back. I quickened my pace, ready to go upstairs and call it a night. Yet the next second, his hot palm closed around my wrist. I was startled, but he carried on as if nothing had happened. Then, out of nowhere, he pulled a bouquet of Juliet roses from behind his back. He had used a bouquet just like this when he confessed to me. I recalled his youthful face at 18 years old. He had popped up in front of me, produced a bunch of Juliet roses as if by magic, and blurted the lines he had rehearsed. "Will you be my girlfriend, Lio? I swear I'll always treat you well! I'l