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.

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

Benson's expression darkened like a brewing storm. It suddenly made sense why she had reacted so strongly when Sophie

at the time?" he asked

to meet his. "Would you have believed me if

"Sophie wouldn't do something like that

last remnants of hope in Sierra's heart crumbled. Even a single word of concern from him could have eased the ache in her heart. Yet, he had sided with Sophie

right. If you apologize

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

no reason to 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 cared about

won't be coming back to the company. You can

walked out of the office without

force to send it toppling. The noise

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