Page 76 of Grumpy Bossy Doctor

"Natasha, I'm sorry. I was…"

"And while I struggled with my feelings," she interrupted. "You saw the opportunity to continue the facade you kept up. Laughing at me."

"I never…."

"Came here, and when I exposed you, you faulted me for cheating, when we aren't even anything official?" she croaked. "When I asked to take it slow, tell me did you buy time on purpose by agreeing? So you could take your time to play with me and my emotions. Were you trying to teach me something? Making a decision for me, just like my parents did, and at the end of it, you'd take off your mask and tell me that everything… was for my own good?"

"No, that's not it at all," I insisted.

"Get out, Ian," she said softly.

"Natasha…" I called out and approached her, but she slapped me.

"GET OUT!!" she screamed before covering her own mouth and staring at her hand, completely horrified that she had let her emotions take over.

She stared at my face where she had struck it. she wanted to reach for it, but she held her hand back and looked away. "Just leave. And don't say a word."

"I…."

"Not…a word."

I nodded and turned around, dragging myself out of the house, forcing myself not to look back. My cheek hurt thanks to the slap. But both my cheeks felt wet. I touched my cheeks .I was crying.

Natasha

Disbelief. When I met the true Ethan, it was complete disbelief. When I made eye contact with him, I didn't feel the way I usually felt, and it scared me. His eyes also looked very different and they held nothing for me.

The woman by his side, and the baby I would notice didn't trigger any form of reaction, either.

I assumed if I ever encountered any of his lovers, they'd cause a scene and I'd get jealous. But the fact I felt nothing, scared me.

The scalpel tattoo by his side was the important detail that was missing on my Ethan's body. When I got home, I realized that I had spent the last month being used.

"You make it look like I was the only one at fault, but I wasn't the one who was technically cheating on the person you were in love with," he said.

The words he said still hurt. Before he came to my house, I had already cried my heart out and wiped away the tears. My emotions ranging between anger and sadness. I didn't mean to hit him, but at the same time, I did. Why he did such a thing to me, I'll never understand it. Did he have to do it? What would he have lost if he just gave a simple.

I'm sorry. My brother is married now and I'm his twin brother, but we can make it work.

I know how I think. I would have been sold immediately. At first, I might not really like him at first, but I am a hundred percent sure that if I spent one day with Ian, with everything I had seen, I would have fallen in love with him, all over again.

He did have a point. If I were so torn, I could have just easily chosen one and gotten on with my life. What if I chose Ethan? This was also his fault and…

My cheeks felt wet. I touched the sides of my face. I was crying again. I brought out my phone and read through my messages withEthan.Was I really being used? It didn't matter. It was over.

Chapter fifteen

Resignation to One's Fate

Natasha

I saw his face. His hand gently pushed the hair away from my face. His gentle smile put me at peace. His thumb rubbed my cheek, and I giggled.

"Who are you?" the words escaped my lips.

I didn't want to ask. I knew if I asked, everything would end. But this was the new reality of things.

"I'm…"

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