Love and Devotion No Longer His to Claim by Dream Fish

Chapter 407

Zayn chuckled. "You might as well try. Desperate times call for desperate

measures. No matter how formidable Angela is, she's still a woman. Wasn't she once head over heels for you? It's just that afterward..."

...

That night, the grand villa was eerily quiet.

Dexter paced back and forth outside Angela's room for a long time. He wanted to knock, or maybe just push the door open and go in, but he hesitated every time.

With a crack, the door suddenly swung open from the inside.

Angela, drowsy with sleep, covered her mouth as she yawned, holding an empty glass in her other hand. She looked like she was heading out to get some water.

Their eyes met, and she jolted in surprise. The glass slipped from her hand, about to hit theground, when Dexter swiftly reached out and caught it smoothly.

"What the heck are you doing here?" In a flash, Angela was wide awake, her expression a blend of wariness and bewilderment.

to the second floor to fill the glass with warm water.

passing

figure before stepping back into

wrist. Dexter

have to give me an answer today!" He forced his voice to stay even, but the underlying anger and

everything together as one from now on, or we end it here and now. If we cut ties, I'll leave with my mother, and we'll never cross paths again. You

placing this crucial decision in her hands, he'd also unwittingly exposed

shock, completely caught off guard. She was momentarily at

dramatic and suddenly dropping such an ultimatum on her? Wasn't he just putting her in

a long time,

struggled against his grip, but he refused

Her heart was racing, and her chest felt tight

gaze seemed to

about this?" After thinking for a moment, she finally came up with a compromise. "Y-You can be my trial boyfriend for three months. If you pass, we make it official. If not, we'll part ways immediately-no

and the only decision

unable to just cut him off? Since