Loving You In Secret

Chapter 1207

Lincoln calmly listened to Avery's accusation and explained, "This is the only way to get her to let her guard down."

He took a sip of his tea and continued, "I impersonated the mysterious man who helped her throughout the years to get closer to her, but she's held back toward me still. She wouldn't trust me if I didn't help her during this event."

The anger on Avery's face subsided slightly, but she continued sarcastically, "You've helped her so much, destroyed your own face, and got shot. Still, she hasn't really trusted you completely... Lincoln, you aren't as attractive as you think you are."

Lincoln remained silent.

Indeed, ever since he admitted to being the mysterious man, he made a point to assist Vicky a couple of times, but Vicky continued to maintain a certain distance from him.

Obtaining Vicky's trust was so challenging that he had to admit that he wasted a lot of energy on it.

Avery did not mind his silence and continued, "We made a deal. You want the power that Tyler holds, and I...want Tyler to myself."

his gaze toward her. "Once he has nothing,

another family, so him having nothing actually benefits us, as he can marry into my family instead." A small smile formed on Avery's lips." When

top-tier elite family, surpassing even the Hart family despite

when he was engaged to Avery and with the Yeagers ' support, firmly

only Avery as their only daughter, her future husband could eventually inherit all of the Yeager family's

to become the heir, but that required navigating various

estate rivaling the Hart family's if he married

alone obtaining something that came

might not be willing to marry into your family," Lincoln

he was a

to return, so one could easily guess that he would be reluctant

of. Whoever wins me will gain the world; any man would be tempted by