The Billionaire's Marriage Contract(64)

“You’ve got it. I’ll call him as soon as you’re on your way. I’ll let him know that it’s urgent.”#p#分页标题#e#

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Amy rode to the airfield in silence. She felt a rush of relief as she saw the plane on the tarmac. She just wanted to get the hell out of Wyoming forever. The sooner she was gone, the sooner she could put this all behind her. Each step she took up the stairs felt like a step towards freedom, but when she stepped into the cabin her heart sank. Hank was sitting in one of the tanned leather chairs, already waiting for her.

He stood to greet her. “I just got a curious call from my son. He told me I had to come see him immediately. He said it was something he couldn’t discuss on the phone. I couldn’t figure out why he’d do that.”

“I asked him to distract you. I just wanted to avoid seeing your disappointment in me.”

“Disappointment?”

“That I would act so terribly. You were so kind to Ethan and me, and I ran around like an idiot and messed everything up.”

“It’s understandable what happened between you and my son. It’s a real shame that we didn’t meet under different circumstances. I think you would have been good for him.”

“What do you mean understandable? I can barely look at myself in the mirror without feeling disgusted for betraying my husband like that. I had managed to push it out of my mind before, but the pictures — I hate myself for what I see there.”

“Well, I mean, it’s not like you have a traditional marriage.”

“I’m sorry?” Amy asked. What was Hank getting at?

“Ethan told me.”

“Told you what?”

“He told me why he asked you to marry him.”

“He did? Hank, I don’t know what to say.”

“You don’t have to say anything. I was impressed. The way he was willing to put everything on the line like that to get what he wanted. The moment he told me, I knew I had picked the right man for the job.”

Amy hesitated before she spoke again, reading Hank’s face until she was sure the secret was actually out. “You know we were lying to you?”

“I understand the intentions.”

“After all that talk about the importance of family and love stories?”

“I wasn’t the one spinning a tale, Amy. You were. You’d do well to remember that. The way I see things, you came out here to save your own behind. I did you a favor.”

“Why?”

“I saw the way you two looked at each other all weekend when you were here. You may not have married for love, but I know love when I see it. Go home. Come clean to your husband. Figure things out from there.”

“Hank, I don’t know what to say.”

“Don’t say anything. When I call again some day, asking for a favor, just remember that I tried to help.”

“I will.” Amy sank into one of the chairs as she tried to process everything that had just happened.

He pushed himself up from his seat, “I’m sure we’ll see each other again at some point,” Hank said as he turned to the steps. He tipped his hat and nodded. “Until then.”

Amy leaned her head back against the plush leather and closed her eyes; this trip couldn’t be over soon enough. She had been so excited to return to Ethan, but now she was dreading it. He had lied to her about everything. He had lied about the deal, and he had exposed their secret to Hank without even telling her. She couldn’t figure out which was worse. This was a complete betrayal. Why would he do something like this? It made no sense. As Amy sat through the flight back to DC, she was even more confused than she had been after the first trip. Everything with Ethan was one step forward, two steps back.

Ethan wasn’t the only one who had lied. Amy wondered if she had been lying to herself for the past several weeks. She had been intrigued with Logan when she had first met him, had felt an urge to give in to her attraction to him during that first trip. She had hidden that from Ethan. Hell, she was still hiding it from him. She had been lying to him from the start as well. Everything they had told each other, everything they had done, was built on a foundation of lies.

Amy thought back on all of the fears and doubts she had had after their first trip together. Had she really done anything to address any of them, or had she just ignored them in hopes of being happy for a while? If she had been honest with Ethan, would he have done all of the wonderful things he had done since she had moved in? And now she had to wonder if he was being so sweet simply because he felt guilty about lying and misleading her at every step of their marriage.