Chapter 81 An Awkward Breakfast
Chapter 81 An Awkward Breakfast
She bit her lip, her head hazy like it was wrapped in fog.
She sat there in a daze for a long time, but nothing came back to her.
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Dawn ran her fingers through her hair, feeling like she had missed something important. <fne691> Content originallyes from f?i?n?d?n?o?v?e?l?</fne691>
<i>What </i><b>was </b><i>it</i><i>? </i>
By then, dawn had arrived. Light spilled in from the distance, painting the sky in a stunning gradient of yellow, blue, and gray. The various colors blended together, creating a beautiful sight.
From her bed, she could see the view outside her window. She stared at it for a long time, admiring it, but it didn’t help her remember anything. Instead, she felt sleepy again.
<i>Maybe </i>I <i>should </i><i>just </i><i>go </i><i>back </i><i>to </i><i>sleep</i>.
<i>Maybe </i><i>things </i><i>would be </i><i>clearer </i><i>after </i><i>some </i><i>sleep</i>.
She was right.
She had a terrifying dream. Ethan caught her with a gigolo and carried her home without any dignity.
She woke up in a cold sweat. After being dazed for over ten minutes, she stumbled out of bed and found her phone on the sofa.
Eight in the morning.
Just as Dawn was about to let out a sigh of relief, her eyesnded on a man’s jacket draped nearby.
“Oh, no …
This is bad!”
She had been holding her breath since she woke up, and now she had to face the awful truth- it wasn’t a dream at all! Ethan really did catch her and Anna looking for gigolos yesterday!
So upset she couldn’t even cry, Dawn pressed her face into her hands in frustration.
She racked her brain for a good excuse but couldn’te up with anything.
“Whatever happens, happens!<b>” </b>
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Gritting her teeth, Dawn finally decided to take a shower first.
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<i>Things </i>will work <i>themselves </i><i>out </i><i>somehow</i>, <i>and </i>I’ll <i>deal </i>with <i>the </i><i>problems </i><i>as </i><i>they </i><ie</i>. <i>Worst </i><b><i>case </i></b><i>… </i><i>Worst </i><i>case</i><i>, </i><i>Ethan </i><i>won’t </i><i>marry </i><i>me</i><i>. </i>She sulked over those thoughts. After a long shower, she finally made her way downstairs.
The living room was quiet, with the faint sound of Hannah humming in the kitchen.
<i>He </i><i>must </i><i>be </i><i>still </i><i>asleep</i>.
Dawn took a deep breath and tiptoed forward.
But her relief didn’tst long. In the dining room, she spotted the man’s back.
Her gaze froze, and a hundred ways to deal with the situation shed through her mind. She even considered turning around and leaving, but she knew she couldn’t hide forever. So she bit the bullet and walked over.
“Hey.”
She forced a stiff smile. “Morning.”
He just grunted in response without looking up.
<i>What’s </i><i>that </i><i>supposed </i><i>to </i><i>mean</i><i>? </i>
Confused, Dawn pulled out a chair and sat down.
At 21, Dawn finally understood what it meant every second to feel like an eternity. Ethan remained silent, kept his eyes on the stock updates on his phone, but the aura around him was impossible to ignore. He was rxed but sharp.
After a while, another voice finally broke the tension.
“Dawn, you’re up!”
Hannah was oblivious to the awkwardness between them. She set a big te of donuts on the table. “Come on, eat while they’re still warm! I let the dough rise all night–crispy outside, soft and fluffy inside. Dawn, do you want some milk? Ethan, why don’t you—”
“I’ll get it myself!”
Before Hannah could finish, Dawn shot to her feet, quick and eager.
Not only did she pour a ss for herself, she also poured one for Ethan and eagerly slid it over
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to him.
In her guilty state, how could she dare let anyone wait on her?
She had to show some effort.
Ethan finally looked up–straight into a face smiling widely at him.
If emotions had shapes, she would have a tail wagging like crazy.
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He was suddenly reminded of the golden retriever he used to have. Whenever it wanted a treat or had done something bad, it would sit obediently next to him, with a fawning, pleading look
in its eyes<b>. </b>
A quick smile shed on Ethan’s lips. Heposed himself and said, “Thank you.”
“Oh.” Dawn’s smile copsed.
She went back to her seat.
While eating, she kept sneaking nces at him, trying to figure out what was going on in his head, but she got nowhere.
<b><i>Could </i></b><i>it </i><i>be </i><i>that </i><i>Ethan </i><i>doesn’t </i><i>think </i>it’s <i>a </i><i>big </i><i>deal </i><i>and </i><i>isn’t </i><i>mad</i>?
She immediately rejected the idea.
<i>No </i>way. <i>Anyone </i><i>would </i><i>be </i><i>upset </i><i>about </i><i>this</i>.
She couldn’t even imagine what her own reaction would be if she saw Ethan with another
woman.
ck!
Dawn set her fork down.
When she looked up, Ethan was staring at her, puzzled.
“Just say what you want to say. Yesterday, I …” She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and said loudly, as if she were a hero going to her death, “I did look for gigolos yesterday! You have every right to be angry with me. Tell me how I can make it up to you!”
The air went dead silent.
Even Hannah’s humming stopped.
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Slowly, Dawn opened her eyes, meeting Ethan’s handsome,zy gaze.