Chater 16 Chapter 16 Disappointment

Benson's expression shifted several times before he finally spoke. "You were the one who made the first move. I didn't intend to hurt you."

"You always have an excuse."

Sierra let out a mocking laugh as if she had already predicted what he would say. Yet, despite her expectations, a wave of sadness and disappointment still washed over her heart.

Guilt flashed briefly in Benson's gaze before suspicion clouded his features, his brows furrowing tightly.

"You seemed perfectly fine yesterday. Why would you suddenly need to go to the hospital at night?"

"It's thanks to your dear assistant, Sophie. She immediately grabbed my wound and pressed down hard, fully intending to make it worse until it tore

open.

her away because of the pain. But you only had eyes for her

like a brewing storm. It suddenly made sense why she had reacted

why didn't you tell me at the time?" he asked

eyes to meet his. "Would you have

brows furrowed deeper as he muttered, "Sophie wouldn't do something like that on purpose. It

of hope in Sierra's heart crumbled. Even a single word of concern from him could have eased the ache in her

his lips together and continued. “I know your injury was my fault, but hitting Sophie wasn't right. If you apologize to her, we can put this behind us. I'll even propose to

when she heard him. He spoke as though proposing to her was some grand gesture of

apologize to Sophie because I did nothing wrong. “Benson, you've never understood me. I never needed a ring for the sake of a proposal. It was never about that. You don't love me, and you've never truly

back to the company. You can be

out of the office without

to send it

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