Chapter 3 - Emma Explains Why She Kept The Secret Hidden
Emma pulled her cream apron tighter around her waist, tears streaming freely down her pale cheeks.
“I didn't want to trap you, Ethan; your family would destroy me if they ever found out,” she sobbed softly.
Ethan knelt down onto the cold marble, ignoring the expensive fabric of his charcoal-gray suit trousers.
He gently reached out, his warm fingers prying her trembling hand away from the plastic test.
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“Destroy you? Emma, look at me; nothing on this earth could ever protect you from my wrath if I let you walk away,” he whispered fiercely.
The glittering crystal chandelier above them cast shifting patterns of light across their faces.
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