Emily’s POV
After storming out of the VVIP room, I barely made it back to my office before my heart started racing, my head pounding with confusion.
I didn’t even know why I was so upset. Why did it bother me so much? It wasn’t like I loved Ethan. God, no. I couldn’t love him, not after everything.
After all, he was just a guy who had been messing with me and my emotions, pretending to care one minute and pulling away the next.
That’s not love. No, this was something else entirely. Something worse.
But, as I sat there in my office, the words replaying over and over in my mind, I couldn’t help but laugh. I actually laughed at myself. Of course I had fallen for him. Why wouldn’t I have?
I’d let him get too close, allowed myself to believe in his promises, in the idea that maybe, ju
