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.

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

was just passing

watching his retreating figure

was about to close the door, a hand grabbed her wrist. Dexter slipped into her room, standing tall before her while

his voice to stay even, but the

we face everything together as one from now on, or we end it here and now. If we cut ties, I'll leave with

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

shock, completely caught off guard. She was momentarily at a loss for

dropping such an ultimatum

for a long time, unable

but he refused

me go first, and I'll tell you..." Her heart

dark gaze seemed to weave an invisible net around

came up with a compromise. "Y-You can be my trial boyfriend for three months.

the only decision she could live

cut him off? Since when had her heart turned so soft and