Loving again (The Heart's Betrayal Series)

Chapter 9

Ethan's POV.

I was feeling guilty about last night. I acted so cold to Isa and its not her fault that we ran into Abel and Celine.

I knew she was hurt by my rejection yesterday and I knew I'm a fool for letting Celine affect me this way. The last thing I wanted to do was to hurt Isa.

We have come this far as a married couple and I won't ruin it. We won't be in New York for too long anyway, so why let my feelings for Celine ruin everything.

I can't hurt Isabella because of my own feelings. We've been so happy this past two years and I don't want to ruin things.

Isa was already up and making breakfast when I came out of my room and I lingered at the kitchen door watching her move about as she cooked.

I didn't know how to apologize to her. We have never been in a situation where either of us had to apologize to the other. If feels quite wrong and weird.

I buckled up and just decided to do it. Isa deserves an apology for my rude behavior yesterday.

"Isa"

Her movement stopped and she stared at me over her shoulder with a dry look. The usual good morning smile was not there.

"Hey" Her tone was equally dry and not as cherry as it use to be. She turned away from me and went on with what she was doing.

I sighed picking up the sign that she was mad at me. I took slow steps towards her and wrap my arms around her from behind. I heard her gasp softly.

"About last night, I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to come out rude to you. I was just really shaken up about seeing Celine again. I wasn't ready."

She took in a deep breath. "I'm not mad at you Tan, I'm just worried about you. The look on your face when you saw her again...." She stopped and pulled away from my hold turning to face me squarely. Her green eyes stared intensely into mine and I found myself getting lost in them "answer me honestly Tan, do you still love her?"

I really didn't know how to answer that. Its shameful to admit your feelings for another woman to your wife even though it wasn't a marriage of love.

But Isa isn't just my wife, she's my best friend and I knew that I could tell her how I truly feel without being judged.

"I_I'm not over her" I answered honestly.

Isa didn't say anything for a second, instead she grabbed my hands into hers and smiled "let's go out today. You don't have any meetings right?"

"No"

"Great. I'll go get dressed, you should too"

"What about breakfast?" I asked looking down at the flour mixture on the counter. It seems like she was about to make pancakes.

Isa shrugged her shoulder "we'll eat out"

I smiled at her retreating figure feeling the heaviness in my heart lighten. I'm so glad that she was back to normal. Thank God that I didn't ruin our perfect friendship.

Isabella had that ability to make me forget and I knew that as long as I'm going out with her today, it won't be hard to forget.

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"God I'm starving!" Isa exclaimed as she hastily slurp down her bowl of ramen.

We spent the morning visiting exciting places and I took this as an opportunity to take Isa on a tour of the very familiar city. Apparently this is her first time visiting New York.