Chapter 173 Waiting
Chapter 173 Waiting
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The girl even pulled out a stack of love letters and got a few ssmates to back her up, listing all of Dawn’s so–called sins.
That was the first time Dawn felt the sting of being falsely used with no way to defend herself. As expected, her guardian was called to school. The teacher was polite to Austin, but twisted the story, adding details that weren’t true. It sounded like Dawn already had some shady rtionship with a boy.
When Austin got home, he was so angry that he smashed his phone.
He was only 20, but he carried himself like an old parent.
“Dawn, I’m so disappointed in you! What were you thinking? You’re just a kid! How could you already be dating?”
Dawn lowered her head. “I didn’t.”
“You still dare to say
that?”
He threw the pile of letters in front of her. One envelope cut her cheek. “Are you saying these boys don’t have feelings for you?”
Dawn stayed quiet. Her eyes dropped to the letters on the floor–some pink with flowers, some in. She’d never read them, but she knew they were probably filled with sweet, dreamy words.
<i>So </i><i>what </i><i>if </i><i>they </i><i>liked </i><i>me</i><i>? </i>
<i>Isn’t </i><i>it </i><i>normal </i><i>for </i><i>people </i><i>to </i><i>be </i><i>curious</i><i>, </i><i>to </i><i>feel </i><i>things</i><i>, </i><i>to </i><i>want </i><i>to </i><i>explore</i>?
But she also knew Austin was older, with more life experience. If she argued, it would only blow up into a huge fight. So she stayed quiet and let him scold her for two straight hours.
When Austin finally calmed down, he seemed to realize he’d gone too far. His voice softened. “Dawn, I’m not trying to be harsh. But none of those boys is your future. Spending time with them is meaningless. Cut it off, now.”
He didn’t believe her at all. He didn’t even bother to ask for the truth.
Dawn’sshes trembled. “Okay.”
For a long while after that, Austin cleared his schedule. He took her out, bought her gifts. Back
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then, Dawn thought it was his way of making up for wrongly using her.
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But after it happened a few more times, she understood. Austin was just trying to distract her from a crush that never even existed.
Theputer screen timed out and went ck. In the dark, Dawn tugged at the corner of her mouth, surprised she was even remembering something that far back.
Was it Sydney’s words <i>that </i>stirred it up<i>? </i><fn314b> N?w ?ovel chapt?rs are published on find{n}ovel</fn314b>
No way.
That kind <i>of </i><i>cheap </i>nder <i>only </i><i>showed </i><i>how </i><i>stupid </i><i>Sydney </i><i>was</i>.
Dawn took a deep breath, shut down theputer, and headed out.
She turned off the lights in the hallway and walked downstairs.
Outside, light snow was falling. A faint haze blurred the city, like a filter. The streets were dim and quiet, but somehow still alive.
She thought, <i>I </i><i>hope </i><i>spring </i><ies </i><i>soon</i>.
She pulled her coat tighter and took two steps forward–then froze.
Not far away, a tall man leaned casually against amppost. One hand held a bouquet, the other stuffed in his coat pocket. He didn’t move, and a dusting of snow had settled on his shoulders. His soft hair fell over his brow, making him look like he’d stepped right out of aic book.
Dawn’s heart warmed.
Ethan spotted her and strode over, easy and confident.
He stopped in front of her with a sigh, his voice low. “You’re not easy to wait for. Good thing I’m good at waiting.”
Dawn reached up without thinking and brushed his cheek. It was icy cold. “What are you doing here?”
His smile and voice could have melted anyone. “I came to pick up my honey from work, of
course.”
“It’s freezing out here. Why didn’t youe upstairs?”
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“I didn’t want to disturb your alone time.”
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He caught her hand, slid it into his coat pocket with his, and grinned. “Then, when you came down, you saw flowers and me. Made you happy, right?”
Dawn felt a rush of emotion. She nodded hard. “I’m very happy.”
“Ready to go home?”
“Yeah.”
Ethan bent down and kissed her nose. His voice was smooth and deep. “Come on. Let’s go home.”
He shoved the bouquet into her arms, then scooped her up before she could react.
Dawn yelped, then grabbed his shoulders andughed. “What are you doing?”
Ethan’s eyes were full of love. He smirked. “Saving you some energy. You can use itter, at home.”
“Ethan!”
Theyughed and teased each other as they headed for the parking lot.
Neither of them noticed the dark shadow standing at the corner of the building, watching them with sharp, unblinking eyes.
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