Chapter 776 Poor Humbert

Hayley's POV:

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His palm was wide and warm, rough with old calluses. When it brushed against

my skin, it felt a bit like fine sandpaper-abrasive, but strangely grounding.

Yet somehow, the restlessness in my heart began to settle.

All the fury, the desire to tear into him, and the unshakable resolve to sink my

teeth into his throat disappeared in an instant.

"Stop being so guarded, so hostile toward me," Truman said softly. His dark eyes

locked on mine, filled with something deep-something honest. "I'm here to protect

you

Thud. Thud-thud. Thud-thud-thud.

My heart pounded wildly in my chest.

I looked up in confusion and stared right into Truman's eyes. For a brief moment, I

felt a strange familiarity.

Just like when I looked at Benjamin.

The realization hit me like a bolt of lightning. And after that fleeting calm, panic

surged back into my chest.

But he wasn't Benjamin. Hera could smell the difference between them.

How could 1-how dare I-be drawn to two different men?

"No! I can't!"

The chaos inside me bubbled over. I cried out, not even realizing it.

Then, as if burned, I ripped my hand away from his and spun around. I flung the

door open and refused to look back at him.

I want you

Benjamin's POV:

expression, I knew something

could sense the shift in

wasn't the Hayley who snapped and scolded me whenever I

was something else.

know what I had done to push her away, but I knew one thing:

Truman. Not like

turned and left without a word.

worried, hoping.

as she slammed the door

Chapter 776 Poor Humbert

chest tightened, as if something had clamped around my

breath out

to turn

Because in that moment, one

Hayley's POV:

breath shallow as I listened

footsteps. My brows

earth was wrong with

drawn to a man who already had a

the one fate had chosen for me. My destined

tossed in a haze

ten the next morning, I arrived

in full

though a day had passed, people

still glowing with victory. Word had spread like wildfire, and

all

of diehards-gamblers to the bone-had been camped out since

for something truly legendary. They

the rare treasure.

they'd stayed just to witness

and Preston.

the buzz among them

you she wouldn't just

secret weapon this time. That girl's going

crushed."

a pretty face lose that bad.

didn't flinch.

past like I hadn't heard

however, looked like

rushed over nervously the

right? Preston's secret

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