Chapter 1122:

She took a few slow sips, draining half the glass before lowering it thoughtfully. Something occurred to her, and she turned her gaze toward him. “Why were you late tonight?” she asked, her voice quiet but curious.

Collin answered with composure, “I was wrapping up the mess Dustin left behind.”

Linsey shot him a look, her voice lowering to a playful whisper. “You do realize that’s just the story we’ve been feeding everyone, right?”

The truth, of course, was that Dustin had never really left CR Corporation. His supposed fallout with Collin had been a carefully choreographed illusion, all designed to deceive Joanne and Hester.

Collin reached out and gently wiped the droplets clinging to the corner of her lips. “There were still a few issues at the company that needed attention. I was delayed. That’s all,” he said reassuringly.

Linsey accepted the explanation without protest. She trusted him.

They had promised to keep no secrets from one another. Over such a minor matter, she saw no reason to doubt him.

she leaned closer,

watched her closely. Her glowing smile, her relaxed posture—it all stirred a deep

secret from her. But it would

he revealed his proposal plans and the wedding he had meticulously been preparing,

owed her more than words

years had passed since their first meeting

wedding had been swift and unadorned—born more of necessity than romance. To protect his identity, he had offered her no grand gesture, no fanfare. Then came the quarrels. After the divorce, she left the country,

they reunited, Collin had vowed to give her a ceremony worthy of her. But before that, he wanted

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were already husband and wife by law, but he wanted to go

exchanged quiet banter on the sofa, the rest of the world faded. Neither of them noticed Dustin a short distance away, tense and restless, locked in a conversation that carried far more

voice steady but intense, “everything I’ve

up—on her own. Isn’t that just like what you did when you saved Wade

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