She Hired the Poor Scholarship Student to Save Her Grades — Then She Fell for the One Guy She Was Afraid to Love
Chapter 10
Madison eventually told her friends the truth.
She and Ethan were together.
Some accepted it.
Some didn’t.
One friend told her:
“You could have anyone.”
Madison smiled.
“I know.”
“Then why him?”
She looked across the courtyard.
Ethan was laughing with her classmates.
“Because he doesn’t need anything from me.”
That answer silenced everyone.
But another problem was coming.
Ethan received an offer from a prestigious consulting firm in Chicago.
It could change his life.
He couldn’t decide whether to accept it.
Madison found him sitting alone.
“You should go.”
He looked at her.
“What if it changes us?”
“It might.”
“That’s not reassuring.”
She smiled.
“I don’t want a relationship that only works when everything stays the same.”
He laughed softly.
“You’re starting to sound like me.”
“No.”
She took his hand.
“I’m starting to sound like myself.”
He accepted the offer.
They would have to spend months apart.
For the first time, neither was afraid of distance.
