My brain froze for a second, unable to process what I was seeing.
My eyes blew wide open before I could even think.
I couldn't believe Ethan had scraped together this much money in so little time.
He caught the confusion written all over my face.
Then he spoke slowly and steadily.
"I sold the house, the car, everything I could sell. All of it.
"This money was always yours anyway. I don't have the face to keep living in that place any longer.
"Stella, I know this still isn't nearly enough. But I really hope you'll take it."
Ethan kept rambling on, trying to persuade me to accept the money.
His whole earnest, well-meaning act only made me want to laugh.
Of course, I was going to take it.
This was mine from the start.
After that whole livestream incident, I realized the burning ha
