Ten Years of Forbidden Love

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I'd had a crush on Ethan for ten years, and he'd been annoyed with me for just as long. Finally, one day, I took matters into my own hands, leaving him with nothing but his pride and two hundred bucks. He was humiliated and vowed revenge, but I vanished. I dodged him for three years, until my dad passed away, leaving me an orphan. Ethan's parents, always kind to me, said, "Our home is your home now, and Ethan's your brother." Looking at Ethan's face, a mask of horrified disbelief, I chirped,