Chapter 381

"Ethan Carter, what makes you think you're even worthy of me?" Cassandra Taylor let out a sarcastic chuckle, completely thrown off by his utter lack of self-awareness. The very man who’d ended her life in her past, now kneeling at her feet, begging for her heart? Absolutely ridiculous. Even if she ignored the whole tragic mess with Mara Hawthorne and her murder, just the fact that he came running after her not long after getting engaged to Mara—while she was carrying his child no less—told you everything. The guy had straight-up scumbag stamped all over him. “I…” Ethan clenched his fists, clearly trying to hold back the storm triggered by her cold, biting words. After a brief pause, he said seriously, “Cassie, I know I’ve done terrible things before, and I regret every one of them. I’m not even mad about what you and Moses Yane did to get back at me. I know it’s risky seeing you right now, any leak could mess things up for me…” “But I still had to come. I needed you to know—I’ve fallen