Chapter 63

Chapter 63 How Could You Just Throw It Away

Seeing the box in her hands, Linsey shot Collin a startled look. "A gift?"

After lecturing him, she was the one receiving a present? It felt almost unreal.

A warmth spread through her chest, and she hesitated before asking, “Can I open it now?"

Collin's gaze remained locked on her face as he watched for even the subtlest shift in her expression.

"Yes, you can," he replied.

With a mixture of excitement and curiosity, Linsey lifted the lid. The moment her eyes fell on the dazzling gemstone

necklace inside, she froze. The sheer brilliance of it was overwhelming.

A sharp gasp escaped her lips, and before she could think, she instinctively pushed the box toward him. "This... This is too

much. I can't take it."

What was Collin thinking? They still had a hundred-million-dollar debt hanging over their heads, and here he was, giving her a necklace? And one that looked outrageously expensive.

It didn't add up. Wasn't he supposed to be completely broke? Sure, they lived in a luxurious villa, and there were high-end cars parked in the garage, but she had never once linked those things to Collin's actual finances.

To her, the villa and those cars were nothing more than a few handouts from the Riley family-perks they had tossed his

way to wash their hands of him.

From the moment she learned about his debt, she had believed, without a doubt, that he was struggling financially.

faced with this extravagant gift, she was completely

anticipation shattered at her reaction, and his expression darkened. "You're my

really so

frustration tightening her grip on the box. "Collin, we're drowning in

on a gemstone necklace?"

it, when would I ever wear something like this? Am I supposed to

a giant gemstone around my neck? It's

her eyes remained. "If I take it, it'll just

collecting dust.

You should be saving money to pay

was at a loss for words. He hadn't expected Linsey

by her

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had spun this lie, he had

a way to handle the debt. You don't

well, and I appreciate it. Once the debt is paid off, you can buy me something like this. I'd

resolute. "But right now, I just can't. I have to

head. For the first time in years, he truly understood what it meant

foot.

voice tensed. "You

I mean it. I really don't want it! Just take it back to

be able to

passed in silence before, without a word, he tossed the box into the

his face unreadable.

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