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Nathan stared at her indifferent expression, feeling an inexplicable stab of pain in his heart.

So, love *could* fade.

“Bella, do you hate me for taking your kidney?”

Isabella’s lips curved faintly, a weak smile devoid of warmth.

There were so many reasons for her to hate him that she didn’t know where to begin.

Yet, regarding the kidney donation–if there hadn’t been deception–she didn’t truly hate him for it.

“You saved my life and paid for my education. Consider the kidney my repayment. We owe each other nothing now,” she said, rising to leave.

But Nathan wasn’t ready to let her go. “Bella, if you don’t hate me, then come back home with me.”

Isabella stared at him, her gaze blank. She didn’t hate him for taking her kidney, but there were countless other reasons for her to resent him..

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won’t go with you,” she

couldn’t see even

felt a rare sense of helplessness. “But we’re

interjected, “A marriage without love–why should we remain shackled, only to suffer?”

*suffer*, revealed the depth of her despair over their marriage

being dismissed by

hope you’ll carefully reevaluate our relationship,”

and clinging to me,” he added coldly before striding away, his

of an unfamiliar unease within himself but couldn’t

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Isabella called from

He stopped.

voice, unfamiliar and distant, delivered a warning: “The rumors about me on the internal network–I expect you

her, a flicker of guilt in

burning bridges. The things you and Victoria have done–what you consider ‘aboveboard‘–might

she turned and walked away.

stood frozen, her words

he collapsed onto the bed,

on his shoulders to massage them.

dark, his tone heavy “Victoria,

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