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.

I was young, I dreamed of coming back to the Horton family and being seen as a real Horton. But my father? Sure, he spoiled me with some gifts and attention,

should Jake be better than

I'd show them, make them see my worth. I was going to make the Horton family 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

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

turned on Gavin, 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,

explain, but his words failed him. "I…

defense. "That's how the Cobb family operates. If you'd used Gavin's influence,

Give me a break," Selena spat, looking more disdainful

crude tone shocked Gavin even further. He'd

my father intervened in anyone's business here, who could stop him? The higher you are, the more you have to shoulder the responsibility that comes

what good are any of you to me? Gavin was never useful to me! How could there

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

never doubting who you are, protected by the family name. No one ever looked down on you. You couldn't

a sharp 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 just told me I

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

told me, I'd have made peace with it. Maybe I would have used these last days better. It took this diagnosis to