Chapter 920:

Collin straightened immediately, words tumbling out in his eagerness to clarify. “Haven means nothing to me. My politeness extended only from respect for my grandmother. Those rumors circulating through Grester only recently reached my ears. I never noticed before because I was—”

Linsey’s eyes flickered with interest as she waited. “Because you were what?”

A rare hint of awkwardness cracked Collin’s typically impeccable composure. “My attention remained fixed solely on you during that period—I noticed little else. Dustin eventually brought those whispers to my attention.”

This confession coaxed a soft laugh from Linsey’s lips.

“The mighty founder of CR Corporation, stumbling over something so trivial.” She tilted her chin upward with playful disdain. “You command CR Corporation. Who in all of Grester would dare stand against you? If Haven truly meant nothing, why not silence those rumors immediately?”

Collin paused thoughtfully before offering his unvarnished truth. “Partly because I remained uncertain of your feelings toward me. I feared any explanation might provoke Haven into creating complications in your life. And partly because…”

“You simply wanted

exposed, Collin could only bow his head, dropping

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delivering a playful punch to his shoulder. Her exasperation softened

for some time, with Collin deftly

unconsciousness, her mind still clouded by the remnants of sleep, she couldn’t help but notice Collin’s persistent attempts to

Collin,” Linsey observed, concern creasing her

I’m not,” Collin

Linsey witnessed such transparent discomfort

fragments of memory crystallized—vivid flashes of crimson

holding up?” Linsey whispered, her heartbeat accelerating

hardened into solemnity. He regarded her with a long, weighted silence before

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