Love and Devotion No Longer His to Claim by Dream Fish

Chapter 404

Had Angela fallen for Dexter once again? Was she still as powerless against him as before?

No, this couldn't happen.

Angela took a deep breath. "Dexter, I have more important things to do, and I love myself the most."

She would always love herself, her freedom, and everything she truly wanted to love.

"I don't want to go back to who I used to be, and I won't give up anything for you. I admit that my heart is wavering because of you, but I—"

"Then that's more than enough!" Dexter only heard what he wanted to hear, quickly pulling her closer into his embrace. "As long as you have feelings for me, that's all that matters. This is great!"

His voice was deep and filled with exhilaration. It was as though he'd conquered the entire world.

He was holding her so tightly that she could barely breathe. It rendered her unable to say a single word.

"Angela, don't be a coward. What's the harm in giving me a chance?" Suddenly letting her go, Dexter stared straight into her eyes while forcing her to meet his gaze.

heart was about to burst out of

confessed today and was making her give him a chance,

point, torn between Florence-who'd raised him-and Mia and Leo. Being caught in the middle was so hard that he was

you still have strong feelings for Angela. Take my advice-stop wasting time. She's not the same person she used to be. She's

her back is far

over in the booth. Dexter had sat in silence for a long

with questionable motives. They were all nothing

of freshly graduated, six-foot-tall young

if Dexter didn't see them as competition, that didn't mean Angela wouldn't glance at them

if she looked enough times, wouldn't she start feeling a little tempted?

Dexter had

the chance when he'd saved her life earlier to demand repayment and make her marry

had finally decided that he had to act fast. No matter

about Mia to pay him any attention. He'd waited and waited until today had finally

courage, though he wasn't the type to be