After the divorce, he begged

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Chapter 241

Ryan paused.

He hadn’t expected her to ask about something even he was afraid to think about.

Seeing him lost in thought, Rebecca asked again, “Do you love her?”

“Yes,” he replied firmly, his expression more composed and serious than ever. “It hasn’t changed all these years.”

If it weren’t for love, he wouldn’t have withstood his family’s pressure and stayed single his whole life.

Rebecca locked eyes with him. “Honestly, I don’t think you actually love her.”

Ryan’s brow furrowed a little.

‘He couldn’t figure out why she’d say something like that,‘ he thought.

“If you truly loved her, you wouldn’t have let Mom be weighed down by all those rumors,” Rebecca said, her voice calm but direct. “Amelia and Richard always treated me kindly growing up–so I see things for what they are. You wouldn’t just stand there and let others talk about her like that without doing anything.”

“I’ll make them pay for it,” Ryan promised.

“And then what?” Rebecca asked.

Ryan looked confused for a moment.

Rebecca didn’t mince words. “Next time you’re not there, they’ll still gossip. You know what? They might even double down just because you stood up to them.”

“I can’t control what people say, but I’ll do everything within my power to keep it to a minimum,” Ryan said, knowing he couldn’t guarantee the rumors would vanish. “And I’ll make sure neither you nor Amelia has to hear any of it.”

“That’s why I say you don’t really love her,” Rebecca cut in, dropping all the formal tone. Her words were cold, blunt–she wasn’t interested in being polite anymore.

Ryan’s gaze grew intense, shadows flickering in his eyes.

Rebecca gave the most straightforward example: “You know why, despite how different Jeffrey and I are in terms of family background, nobody has ever dared to gossip about us out there, not even once?”

“Because he stood up in front of everyone and said he loves me.”

“He declared I’m the only one that matters to him. Anyone who gives me trouble is basically picking a fight with him.”

“It’s complicated between me and your mom,” Ryan said, making sure Rebecca didn’t get the wrong idea.

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“Some things just can’t be talked about in public.”

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her voice clear and firm. “When everyone was gossiping, did you ever stand up and tell them you

Ryan paused.

he admitted

biting out each word, making it crystal

even trying to

think things through. It’s that you love yourself way more than you ever loved her,” Rebecca said, giving it to him straight–she only cared about Amelia. “If you actually cared, even just a little,

before marriage meant facing way more gossip and judgment than it

you never had to

never blamed the guy–it was always the

He didn’t

didn’t say another

even close to the devoted dad he thinks

by and watch all those rumors swirl for years

in

After a long moment.

ask, “When all this

you

made

holding onto for

up with Amelia–she

she had no

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completely caught

from the past started to surface, one

Amelia from his family’s wrath, he’d obeyed their orders–forced her into an abortion, and spat out some cold,

If Amelia left him, he could always chase after her. But if she lost her life, then there’d be nothing

that hard to answer?” Rebecca asked, her voice icy. Just from the look on his face, she already knew it

said, struggling to explain.

Rebecca tuned him out.

so complicated that you have to force your partner

with her.

mom,” Ryan said, not bothering to make excuses. “I’ll do everything I can to make it up

neither of

walked out of the conference room and went looking

Ryan. She just couldn’t get over how someone as amazing as Amelia kept getting dragged through the mud–stories about her having a baby

rumors were total nonsense, but the guys who couldn’t win Amelia over? They just couldn’t get enough

this time. As soon as Rebecca

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