Chapter 348

Everett gave a half-hearted smile, one that barely touched his eyes.

He looked down at her, his voice dripping with sarcasm as he asked, "You really don't know if there's a place for you in my heart?"

Margot felt a sting in his words, shaking her head in disbelief.

"You've always been so good to me. Whatever I needed, you provided. When I was sick or hurting, you cared. In dangerous times, you always chose me. There's no way all that was without love!" "Everett, you do love me. You're just too stubborn to admit it."

Everett pushed her hand away with no kindness.

""You're delusional."

He pulled a handkerchief from his pocket, carefully cleaning his long, elegant fingers, as he continued to crush her dreams. "It's not depression; it's delusion!"

"I'll say it one last time; everything I've done was to keep a promise. Not to you, but to him. He's the one who truly loves you!"

Him.

exactly who he meant-Everett's half-brother, the Bennett family's well-kept secret and

woman he cherished most

idea of being

heir, she never would've gotten involved with him, never made him fall head

he was just a hidden son, with nothing to offer her.

Well, not entirely worthless.

heart, which only got worse with age. To live a

years, the Bennett family pulled every string to find him a suitable

who worked as an architect, was inspecting a site

the organ donation form; his heart was a perfect

to give his heart to his brother, hoping Everett would take care of Margot

his younger days, had

Everett agreed to marry Selena for Josh's sake. Margot, of course, wasn't happy, she finally got close to the real

en

would come from him and Selena; she was to be the

child and do everything to groom him as the next Bennett

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