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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around the school, and you promised Grandpa

she reminisced about the past, sharing with Dexter the memories he had long kept hidden. It was as if the Liana

a cigarette and held it between his thumb and forefinger,

when we were as close as soulmates is now

fingertips that he could feel the heat radiating from them. He tapped the cigarette

things I did. I’ll make it up to

want, Dex. You know it all

avoiding the topic.

each other for a long time, the silence hanging heavy in the air. Heather didn’t say a word in

lively scene outside and the suffocating tension in the room was jarring. “Find a good man,” he said finally, his voice thick with

smile. “What do you consider to be a

will treat you with respect and love, and his

enough for

my people. You could be Natasha

Heather replied. “I think I’m more

clouded

lines on his forehead deepened.

to humiliate

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