Chapter 816

Diego awkwardly got to his feet, his eyes filled with disbelief as he glared at Nathalie. "Ashley, do you really think I wanted you to pretend to be my girlfriend? It was your dad who guilt-tripped mine with some old favor, pushing him to force me into this mess with you..."

Nathalie's face turned a shade of red, humiliated beyond belief.

It felt as if she were an unsellable item, rejected by buyers, and the store was desperate to clear her out at a discount.

Still, she couldn't be mad at her dad; he was just trying to look out for her.

Nathalie slapped her forehead. "Diego, I've told you a million times, I could never love you. I warned you not to waste your time on me. So when you asked me to play your girlfriend to help you out, I thought you just wanted to keep me busy. I had no idea the truth was this twisted."

"I apologize on my dad's behalf. He only came up with this ridiculous idea because he was scared I'd be heartbroken."

"But don't you owe me an apology too? After I was upfront with you, you couldn't do the same for me? You let your friends think the worst of me?"

Diego's girlfriend butted in, "You're saying you're not into Diego, but why should we believe you? What if you're just playing hard to get?"

glance.

stung a bit for the girls who had

right, keep

out of her

with his impossibly handsome face, gazed

next

girls gasped in

seen someone like Nathan, how could you settle for someone like Diego? The girls who had wronged her quickly apologized, "Sorry, Ashley, we

turned red

treated like some kind of rock star, he was surprised to find the girls' admiration waning. He was curious to peek at Nathalie's marriage certificate, but she snapped it shut and tucked it

only him. So there's no need to worry about me chasing after Diego. No

quipped, "Hey, I'm a top student at Imperial College.

to defend him. "Ashley, we know we messed

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