Chapter 230

Ethan

“I didn’t mean what I said… at least, not like that.”

“You know you’re saying that over and over again does not change anything, Ethan.” Delilah said, rolling her eyes.

“I know that it doesn’t, but I want you to understand because you’re refusing to look me in the eye and I want you to start going back to it. I don’t want you to keep looking away from me, nor do I want you to keep avoiding me.” I said, knowing that she was not going to reply.

Indeed, she did not.

She just kept walking beside me, our shoes crunching over gravel, her arms crossed tightly across her chest like armor she wasn’t ready to take off. I didn’t blame her. I wouldn’t trust me either. After everything, I wouldn’t trust a word that I was saying.

“You don’t have to talk. But you can listen.” I said, and she looked away from me.

“You wouldn’t stop talking if I don’t respond, and that is one of the reasons why I do. Otherwise, trust me, you are the last person