Page 234 of When We Fall: Part Two

“Don’t regret it. You’ve wanted her forever?—”

“I’m engaged, Trent! I’m getting married. Fuck!”

“Anson, we’ve talked about this. Bianca doesn’t love you. She’s with the kings?—”

“It’s not that! I-I don’t want to be the guy who does this shit. It doesn’t matter if it’s real to her. It’s real to me. It matters to me. I fucked up. And now Rosalie…” I shook my head, the nausea churning.

“Don’t you dare tell her that you can’t do this with her.”

I said nothing as I stared out at the passing scenery.

I’d really fucked up.

Trent knew me well, that was for sure, because I was pretty sure I needed to come clean and tell Rosalie the timing was off.

Again.

Fuck.

SEVENTY-THREE

ETHAN

“You don’t have to do this,” I said as I stared at Enzo.

“It’s done,” he said stiffly, tying his tie and putting on his suit jacket.

“Enzo.” I stood at the edge of his bed. “You don’t have to.”

“Ethan, I do. We’ve been over this.” He turned to face me. “It’s my wedding day.”

I wiped at my eyes. Fuck, I didn’t want him to have to do this.

“You going to be OK today?”

“Yeah. I-I’m just going to hang out here. Elijah will be here, right?”

“Yeah. If you need me?—”

“I’ll be fine,” I mumbled.

Enzo tugged me to him and hugged me tightly. “I love you, E. We’re almost done, OK?”

I hugged him back. “OK.”

“Stay strong. It’ll be worth it in the end. I know you’re not well. Please, hang on a little longer. Promise me.”

“Promise.”

“Car’s ready,” Cole said, coming into the bedroom in the suite we were in. Enzo and Celeste would be moving into their new house tonight. A beautiful mansion. I’d seen it from my window.I didn’t want to go in. In fact, I didn’t even go back to our old house. Cole had gone in and grabbed our shit, and the men had moved my sugar to a warehouse on Enzo’s orders.

We were moving into our apartment in the city tomorrow. It was a big place, I heard. Cole and Enzo set it up. Like everything else, I had no interest in it.

I didn’t have interest in shit these days.

Cole was Enzo’s best man. And I was the baggage they had to drag around and ruin their lives.

“Get out of your head,” Cole said, tearing me away from my morose thoughts.