Two Outcasts, One Empire — Episode 7

Apologize to her. Now. By then, I'd already told Ethan how I felt. I'd told him I'd only ever want him.

He used that against me. Held it over my head to make me bow down to Amelia. I was too young, too scared of losing him, to fight back. So I apologized.

Eyes burning, sound deer-end, head down. And I kept apologizing for the next five years. After that day, every time Amelia saw me, she acted as if I were a monster. her. She cried, screamed, and trembled at the slightest thing. Yet I hadn't done a single

thing to her. I looked at Ethan, my voice flat. Since you're so afraid she'll get just keep her attached to your hip 24-7. Are you threatening me? What else are you planning to do to her? Don't tell me you're going to use the seaside villa as an excuse to go after to her. No one has ever celebrated Amelia's birthday. It's just a gift. Do you really

to hold on to it? That seaside villa was Dad's birthday gift to me, built the year I was born. Its infinity pool bled into the ocean, while sunset poured golden light through the floor to cleave glass. Six months ago, Dad handed the finishing touches to Ethan. He was supposed to unveil it at my birthday banquet as my gift but you'd already decided to hand what belonged to me