✈︎Following you to the end of my line, cost me my dignity and grace. That's what Olive Sage Lopez thought every time she saw his face or heard his name. After months of neglect and constant rejection, she didn't think it could get much worse. Then he proved her wrong.
She should have felt relieved when he left without notice. Like a weight of her chest. She could finally get over this lousy crush on her resident. But instead, it tore her down and stripped her of her happiness.
He sliped onto a midnight train and traveled out to the Amazon, Olive didn't hear a word from him. All the sleepless nights, conference parties, and late night 'sessions', Olive Sage couldn't cope with the idea of losing him.
She would never admit it, but she loved him. Her attachment to him would be considered unhealthy, even toxic, to the people outside. But Olive knew the Ethan Ramsey the world didn't see. She knew that everything he did, was simply a defense mechanism.
She knew he feared love and used logic to cover that fact. She also knew that he used her future for the same reason. But what she didn't know was, how much it was killing him too.
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RandomE·ly·sian /iˈliZH(ē)ən,eˈliZH(ē)ən,iˈlēZH(ē)ən,ēˈliZH(ē)ən/ adjective relating to or characteristic of heaven or paradise. 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐎𝐧𝐞 *begins after book one, during Ethan's Amazon trip ⚠︎𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 -𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 -𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧�...