Chapter 138 Ethan's Return

• Jasmine," Ethan's voice whispered softly from the doorway of my office, dislodging me from the sea of papers on my desk. I raised my head, and my heartbeat went to a different speed looking at him. He stood there, dressed in a tailored charcoal suit, his usual confidence tempered with an unfamiliar vulnerability.
• “You’ve got a lot of nerve showing up here, I said, leaning back in my chair and crossing my arms.
• He walked in deliberately watching meters close at hand. “I know. But I needed to see you.”