Reborn Omega: Avenge Herself Like an Alpha

Chapter 222 The Words He Wanted

Third Person POV

What exactly did Henry mean to her?

Aubrey’s expression turned faintly lost.

If she had to put it into words, perhaps he meant safety.

In her previous life, nearly everyone she had met had left her with scars too deep to erase. The ruined hand, the slashed face, the three years of torment in the virus research institute–all of it had carved into her a shadow that never faded.

But Henry was different. He hadn’t liked her. He had always pushed her away, kept his distance. Though she had been implicated by him, he had never truly harmed her.

Yes–harm.

The humiliation she suffered when she chased after him and he mocked her–those wounds had been her own fault, born of refusing to see reality. Henry had been honest from the very beginning: he didn’t like her. He had never once lied.

That was why he was safe. And also why he was special–because in her last life, she had loved him for so long.

“Still can’t figure it out?”

Henry suddenly bent closer, his face only half a fist away from hers. Their breaths tangled together, quickening.

deep in thought, and his impatience surged. The reason he had asked wasn’t for hesitation–he wanted to hear her say she loved him. That was the only

three words

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burn. Even the thought left him nervous

into

well that chasing love while he couldn’t even guarantee his own life was irresponsible. But he couldn’t stop himself–his hunger for

brushed her check, hot and trembling, his eyes

willing to risk Sineville for

me–why won’t

both sweet and bitter in his

helplessly. Seeing the raw hope in his eyes, she finally said, “Yes, yes,

she would still be trapped in her struggle with the merchants and the Baileys, instead of standing victorious with her enemies crushed

Important.

wasn’t enough. Not nearly

Opened it again, then pressed

his tie, loosening it with a rough jerk, and blurted

it? Just one sentence–‘I love

caught her chin, forcing