(Warning: This chapter contains sexual content.)

"I don't think you should go to school today." Ethan said as we laid in bed making me frown. "Why not?" I asked confused making me turn to face him.

"You need time." He answered simply making me look away from him. I decided against arguing knowing he would eventually win. "Then tell me how you and Ian became so close. He doesn't want to bite your head off anymore and I want to know why." I asked making him sigh as he leaned back into the bed.

I placed my arm on his chest to look over him waiting for an explanation. "He told me something and Ian asked me to not tell you. Since then we have grown on each other now that he knows he can trust me." Ethan answered making me frown as he stared up studying me

"What did he tell you?" I asked nervously hoping Ian was okay. "I'd rather him tell you. I don't want to break his trust." He replied making my eyebrows furrow. Ethan saw I was about to protest making him continue.

"Remember when you asked me to keep a secret of yours. And I didn't. This is the same thing." Ethan stated making me look away knowing he was right. "And he was also there when we were trying to help you. I thought it would be best to have him there, so he sees what we do. And it was." He continued making me tense against him. I just nodded lightly in reply as I sat up from him.

"I didn't want to get him involved in your life." I stated making him sit up also. "This is our life now. And I didn't have much of a choice at the time." He growled making me look away from him.

"He was furious that I let someone hurt you again after I promised to the both if you no one else ever would. He demanded that he would help this time. Ian wouldn't take no for an answer." Ethan stated sternly as I stood making him walk around the bed. "And the day Tyler and his men came into your house and threatened both of your lives was the day he was lent into our life." He finished sternly as he stood in front of me making me look away from his intense gaze.

"I just don't want him to get hurt." I confessed under my breath making Ethan tilt my chin up. "He is stronger than you think." Ethan replied making me frown but before I could continue, he placed his lips against mine.

"Are you sure you can't tell me what he is keeping from me?" I asked through a weak smile making him chuckle. "Yes, Amelia." He replied making my heart swoon as how my name rolled off his tongue.

"What will it take?" I breathed against his lips as a sudden lust for him came over me. I placed my wrists behind his neck before running my fingers softly through his hair. Ethan started to kiss the side of my neck making my lips part as his warm hands made their way around my bare waist.

"I feel like I haven't touched you in ages." He breathed in a raspy voice making my knees turn to jelly. If it wasn't for him pressed against me, I would have fallen. Ethan quickly gripped my waist making me wrap my legs around him.

He walked us over to the bed before tossing me on it. He crawled on top of me as he threw off his shirt. I inwardly drooled a how toned and muscular his body was. Ethan's hands roamed my body before pulling my shirt off. "Tell me you love me." I breathed as I felt his hands roam my waist as he kisses down my sternum.

"I love you." Ethan breathed against my stomach making him lips run against my hot and flustered skin. "More than anything." He continued making my heart swoon before I felt him pull down my shorts making me gasp.

My hand gripped his hair as my other gripped the sheets as I felt his soft lips against me. I let out a moan knowing Ian was now off to school. "Ethan." I breathed making his pace quicken. My back arched against the bed as my hand gripped my headboard roughly.

"Just like that." I moaned up at the ceiling as I felt my body ripple with ecstasy. "Ethan." I whimpered as I felt his fingers enter me as his mouth continued its attack against me.

My back arched as far as it could go as my hands continued to grip my bed before I soon felt that familiar feeling in my stomach. "Ah! Ethan!" I moaned as my whole body tensed in euphoria.

"You're so hot, baby." Ethan breathed as he towered over me. "I love you too." I breathed as he moved a strand of hair away from my face.

He pulled away from me slightly to pull off his sweatpants making me fill with eagerness and exhilaration. Ethan positioned himself between me before I felt his lips softly against mine. I soon felt him enter me making us moan against each other's mouth.

Ethan continued to thrust making me grip the headboard once again. He pulled my leg up making me wrap it around his waist as my other bent between us. "Fucking hell." Ethan muttered making me breathe out a suppressed moan.

Once we both came, he collapsed beside me as we rode out our highs. I could tell the whole time he was straining himself to go easy on me. Worried I would be in pain or uncomfortable. But only if he knows I felt the exact opposite.

I couldn't help but smile at how kind he was being the whole time. How worried he was for me the first-time having sex after losing our child. My heart swooned at how lucky I was to have someone like Ethan to be in my life before I drifted to sleep.

It has been a few days since Ethan and I's night together. I have been slowly starting to feel like my old self. Our usual routines have help me much more than I could ever describe. Even though Ethan still tries to make me stay home some days.

He was currently at work as Colton and Lucas both sat in my living room watching tv. I was making popcorn as I aimlessly looked around my home. Ethan had ordered more men to watch over us making me sigh at the two men standing firm on my patio and remembering the other two that were outside my front door.

I wish I could say it annoyed me, but it didn't anymore. I had felt safer with the more men around me right now. At least until we resolve Ethan's family's issues with us and the family that took me.

"It's going to burn." Lucas stated behind me snapping me out of my thoughts. I quickly walked over to the microwave and opened the door to smell a revolting burnt popcorn smell. I instantly winced as I picked up the bag in annoyance before throwing it away.

"What were you thinking about?" He asked softly not wanting Colton to overhear. "I'm fine, Lucas. You don't have to walk in eggshells around me anymore." I replied full of annoyance as I grabbed another popcorn bag.

"Do you know how you and Ethan are going to be accepted? Or at least not be hated as much." Lucas asked after a few moments making me grow silent. "No." I answered honestly.

For once throughout everything that has happened, I have no plan on how to fix this. I have theories but nothing definite making me grow with worry every time I try to think about it all.

"I-I have an idea. But I doubt it'll work." I muttered as I took my new popcorn bag out if the microwave before emptying it into my bowl. "What is it?" He asked as I turned to face him making me look away from his pleading eyes.

"Nothing. It's just a stupid rule I remember reading about." I answered as I walked back into the living room leaving Lucas. I've been thinking far too much about everything it was giving me huge headaches. I knew I just needed time for myself and to heal after everything.

But I knew that that'd be extremely difficult to do with everything happening around us.