Chapter 25. Take Me Back

"What is that? Are you offering me financial support or trying to bribe me into making peace with you?" 

Ethan let out a string of curses and shook his head. 

"No, please… I just want… I just don't want you to believe me, Ember. Believe me, that night was just staged. Please, believe me…" His eyes were pleading, almost as if he was ready to kneel in front of Emerald. 

Emerald felt the anger rising within her for Ethan. Whether that night was staged or not, she didn't care at all. She never truly loved him, and in a way, she was thankful it happened because it gave her a way out from this man, just as her mother had wanted. 

"Do you know why I chose you in the first place?" she asked him. 

Before they officially became a couple, Emerald already had many suitors from wealthy families, some even the children of politicians. 

"Because I've been chasing you the longest?" he asked, confused. 

"No. It was because you wer