My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

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Gavin was completely dazed.

He stared in shock at the woman he thought he knew—now crying uncontrollably, her face twisted in anger. Selena was nothing like the soft, gentle person he'd known. Her face was smeared with tears and smeared makeup, her usual warmth nowhere in sight.

He'd never seen Selena like this.

To him, she had always been calm, poised, and kind. She'd been his steady, kind-hearted wife, always supportive.

He looked at her in disbelief. "Selena… did you ever love me?"

Selena's sobs paused, and she looked up at him. For a moment, her expression was one of surprise, but then it turned to scorn. "Really, Gavin? At a time like this, with everything going on, that's what you want to know?"

But Gavin's gaze stayed firm. "Yes, I want to know. Did you ever love me? Or was it just because I'm a Cobb?"

Selena laughed bitterly. "What do you think? Did you imagine I was drawn to your charm? Or your money? Or maybe your talent? If you weren't a Cobb, Gavin, why on earth would I have been interested?"

Gavin staggered, taking a step back as if the words themselves had pushed him.

Horton. But my father? Sure, he spoiled me with some gifts and attention, but he'd never give me a proper status in the family. No, because his SON—his son can carry on his legacy! But I don't matter. Just a daughter to be handed a bit of pocket money, that's it. It didn't matter how

streaked down her face. "Why should Jake be better than me?

beg to accept me back! You know how proud my father was when I told him I was dating someone from the Cobb family? Said he'd make sure I married back in as a 'Cobb daughter.' But then…" She shot a glare at Lewis. "Then Uncle Lewis had to come back and take over the Horton Group, and suddenly my father didn't think the Cobb family was such a big deal. And you, Gavin—you,

seething. "I asked you to come home with me once—just once—to meet my parents, and you said the Cobb family likes to stay out of outside affairs, that your 'brother' wouldn't approve! What are you, Gavin? A grown man or some boy still taking orders

likes to stay out of outside affairs, that your 'brother' wouldn't approve!

but his words failed him. "I…

used Gavin's influence, he'd have been kicked out of the family. The

apart? Give me a break," Selena spat, looking more disdainful than

Gavin even further. He'd never seen her

here, who could stop him? The higher you are, the more you have to shoulder the responsibility that comes with

a mocking laugh. "So, what good are any of you to me? Gavin was never useful to me! How could there

clenched his jaw. "Selena, I never realized that's

comfort, never doubting who you are, protected by the family name. No one ever

laugh, bitterness still strong in her voice. "I've fought all my life for a place at that table, resented people all my life, and look at what it got me. Cancer. If you'd

didn't want you to go through that fear. The doctors said

a split second. Then she gave a defeated smile. "But maybe if you'd told me, I'd have made peace with it. Maybe I would have used these last days better. It took this diagnosis to make me realize just how little all those names and