"Don’t do that, please," I whispered with a broken voice. "Forgive me, I am very sorry and I can’t live with that. I feel like the most miserable man in the world," he murmured from deep in his throat. "I already told you that I have nothing to forgive you for, please stand up," I begged. "Ethan , get up from there now. Get up, damn it!" "It was what I did. I humiliated you in the worst possible ways. Do you remember… that." I know what he refers to. "I should do it too." He lowers his hands to my legs until his head is at my feet. "You are the queen that my throne needs, I was blind, I’m sorry, I beg you to forgive me. I don’t deserve it, I know. But I beg you, Alice." "Don’t do that. That already happened." "But it happened!" I jumped a little from the scare. "I hurt you and I will

