Chapter 700 You’re One of My People

Her words transported Dexter to the night the rain poured down endlessly.

He closed his eyes, and the image of Liana reaching out her hands to him in the rain was as clear as day in his mind. Her presence had been like a beacon of hope in his life.

But she stood before him with a new identity after so many years, and he failed to recognize her. He even sent her away and made her life miserable.

“Leanne,” he finally uttered.

Heather’s ears perked up.

“Wouldn’t you like to have a life of comfort and stability, staying with the Olsen family and marrying a kind and proper gentleman?” He looked into her dark, beady eyes and asked sincerely.

Heather’s eyes were like two pools of darkness, filled with sadness and regret. “I must have really missed out on you,” she said, her voice barely more than a whisper.

Even the slightest spark of hope can ignite a fire in the heart. Heather had never dared to dream of being with Dexter, knowing that they were from different worlds. But as they talked about the past, she couldn’t help but feel a chill run down her spine.

Dexter didn’t respond.

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the school, and you promised Grandpa that you would take care of me. But everything has changed in the ten

memories he had long kept hidden. It was as

took out a cigarette

as close as soulmates is now only a

the heat radiating from them. He tapped the cigarette against the ashtray, knocking the ashes off before they could burn

things I did. I’ll make it up to you

what I want, Dex. You know it all

had no way of avoiding the topic.

a long time, the silence hanging heavy

the lively scene outside and the suffocating tension in the room was jarring. “Find a good man,”

“What do you consider to be a

moral compass, a stable career, and the financial means to support a family. He will treat you with respect and love, and his family will welcome you into their home with open arms,” Dexter rambled after thinking for a moment.

good enough for a man

of my people. You

“I

clouded over,

on

on Earth to humiliate her. His plan didn’t work out as he had intended. Nonetheless, Heather was left feeling deeply hurt.

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