After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter 141

Leo's face grew serious, the playful tone from earlier replaced by something heavier. "What's this about the money you put on my card?" he asked, his eyes searching mine

I stood from my desk, brushing it off with a shrug. "It's nothing. Forget it."

Before I could take a step, Leo caught my wrist, his grip firm but gentle.

"No. You're not leaving until you explain."

ghed, knowing where this was going.

"That money was supposed to come out of my pocket, Leo," I said softly.

His hand slid down my arm, pulling me into his embrace,

His voice was low, laced with concern.

"But the amount you transferred is far more than those debts. You're trying to prove something, aren't you?"

I smirked, letting him pull me closer.

There was a glint of determination in my eyes as I said, "Everyone assumed I married you for money back then. I'm paying you back, Leo. I want them to see that I can make my own way, that I don't need anything from you."

Leo's breath hitched, his chest tightening as he held me tighter. "And what were you after, then?"

He knew the answer. He'd known it for years, but he needed to hear it from my lips.

us for

spoke,

for you-for you

left my lips, Leo's arms enveloped me completely, pulling me into a fierce

barely breathe, but I didn't

us doing little to mask the warmth of our bodies

in school, I was nothing, and then I was wounded in the war. Why did you never think

it was again-the doubt he always

then, when he was at his lowest, he couldn't fathom why someone would

always believed I only stayed because of

he feared I'd leave, compensating me with

his cheek, the warmth of his

simply, my voice filled with the certainty I felt deep

for the rest of my life, whether you remembered that

casting shadows on the walls of the dimly lit

if the night itself wrapped around us,

breathing quickened, his chest rising and

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me effortlessly, carrying me over to

down with such care, as if I were something fragile he never

was going to push him away, but at this moment, I recalled that image from

I had spent that crazy and blissful

a moment of my trance, his fingers brushed lightly over my face, tracing