In Rebecca's office, Mio stood before her. Rebecca leaned back lazily in her chair, exuding an air of dominance-no longer the clingy, affectionate woman she once appeared to be, but a commanding businesswoman with a sharp, predatory aura.

If she had been like a soft, cuddly ragdoll cat before, now she was a sleek black panther, poised to strike at any moment.

Mio had already guessed much of the truth, but he still clung to a shred of hope as he asked, "Rebecca, when you were with me, was there even a single moment of sincerity?"

"Sincerity?" Rebecca scoffed, her disdain evident. "Mr. Walsh, you've spent years playing the field, yet now you want to ask someone else if they were sincere? Don't you find that laughable?"

Her words cut deep, and Mio's expression tightened.

"What if I told you I was sincere with you? Would you believe me?" His gaze softened as he looked at her, his voice trembling with intensity. Losing the project didn't matter anymore-he couldn't bear to lose her.

Rebecca sneered, her lips curving into a mocking smile. "Sincere? That's a line you've probably fed to countless women. Even if you haven't said it a hundred times, it's got to be at least eighty. Do you think I'd fall for it?"

"If you didn't believe me, why did you agree to be my girlfriend?" Mio asked, struggling to suppress his growing frustration.

"Do you remember Lisa?" Rebecca replied coldly.

"Lisa? Which Lisa?" Mio asked instinctively, his mind flipping through the endless names and faces he'd encountered over the years.

Rebecca chuckled bitterly. "You've forgotten her name, haven't you? She was the one who tried to kill herself because of you-she sank into depression, and it took her a whole year to recover from the wreckage of what you did to her. And here you are, having completely erased her from your memory."

The mention of suicide jolted Mio's memory. "You mean the Lisa who threatened to jump into the sea if I didn't take her back? What is she to you?"

"She's my friend," Rebecca said, her voice sharp with anger. "I couldn't stand watching you destroy her just to achieve your goals. You left her with scars that will never heal. And then there's my brother's girlfriend-you harmed her and her unborn child. Do you really think I'd ever let you off the hook?"

Mio had done. He, on the

pregnant?" he asked, his voice

along. Let me warn you, if you dare touch her again, I won't spare you. Don't think for a second that I'm some saint-if I decide to retaliate, I'll make

wanted to eliminate Aurora, but he had never intended to harm an innocent child.

"Whether you intended to or not, you've already done enough harm. I saw what you did to Lisa with my own eyes, and you've hurt countless others. Do you really think I could have ever truly

you wanted this project, because you wanted to secure your inheritance. You were using me from

who knows how to play games? I saw through you

"You waited for me in the garden

you'd find me eventually, no matter where I went. So I gave you the opportunity myself. Otherwise,

you to? It wasn't mine either. I dressed up to look innocent and

the complete version of this

mocking tone was like a knife in Mio's chest. For the first

was the searing agony of betrayal, of being stabbed in the heart by the person he loved the most. The wound wasn't physical, but it bled all

with regret, "I admit I've done terrible things in the past. I've hurt a

to keep up this act, Mio. Hate me if you want-I deliberately orchestrated all of this to humiliate

you can't have it. This is

murmured bitterly, "So this is the surprise you had for me? What

me, too? Were you planning to use the same cheap

moment I saw you," Mio said earnestly. "At first, I approached you for the project, but I truly wanted to spend the rest of my life with you. That was

Stop pretending.

Mio repeated, laughing bitterly. He never imagined that the words he'd said to so many women would one day be thrown back him. So this

and I never loved you," Rebecca said flatly. "We're adults, Mio- you should understand what I mean. I just hope you'll learn to be a better person and

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