Marrying A Secret Zillionaire Happy Ever After (Linsey)

Chapter 928:

As soon as she said it, Collin’s face tightened, like a storm brewing. “Come again?”

His sudden shift unsettled Linsey, and she quickly repeated herself. “I’m telling the truth—I saw it around Haven’s neck. Honestly, I’d been meaning to talk to you, to ask for help. But the moment I saw her wearing that necklace, I froze. I kept wondering if maybe I was too late. That’s why I looked so stunned when you showed up at the bridal shop.”

Linsey’s words only carved deeper shadows across Collin’s face, his jaw tensing as the weight of it sank in.

A bitter chuckle escaped him, laced with disbelief. “So someone really had the guts to rob me blind.”

He reached for Linsey’s hand and held it with a steady, comforting grasp. “When I won the Star of the Desert, I tucked it away in the desk drawer in my study. It just hit me—Haven had dropped by not long ago and used my grandmother as some excuse to slip into the study while I wasn’t paying attention.”

Regret flickered in his eyes like a dying ember. “I should’ve been smarter. Should’ve checked the place the second she left.”

last, and a soft, ironic laugh slipped past her lips as the truth unfolded in her

her—she had completely misread

this time, she had convinced herself that he was planning a future with Haven, and that belief had fueled the harsh

concluded she

Gorman.

let silence stretch the distance. So much time lost over nothing but a

Linsey didn’t speak, Collin felt the weight in his chest press

his gaze and murmured, “This is all on me. I should’ve made it clear how I felt from the start. Instead, I

stirred something deep in her chest, and a lump tightened in

her head just a little and met his gaze, her eyes glossy with unshed tears. Her voice came out soft and measured as she said, “Four years is a

the shock in his eyes stripped away the usual calm.