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.

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

I was just passing by." Then,

retreating figure before stepping back into her

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

stay even, but the underlying anger and helplessness were unmistakable. He'd

from now on, or we end it here and now. If we

also unwittingly exposed

completely caught off guard. She was momentarily

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

a long time,

grip, but

I'll tell you..." Her heart was racing,

seemed to weave an invisible net

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

concession and the only

Was she really unable to just cut him off? Since when had her heart turned so soft