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.

thought, and his impatience surged. The reason he had asked wasn’t for hesitation–he wanted to hear her say she loved

her whispering those three words


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burn. Even the thought left him nervous

burned into hers, unyielding,

But he couldn’t stop himself–his hunger for her answer was suffocating, like a

sharp breath, his hand brushed her check, hot and trembling, his eyes

for me, willing to risk Sineville for me, willing to throw away your reputation… Aubrey, how can

do love me–why

thought was both sweet and

said, “Yes, yes, you’re… someone very

trapped in her struggle with the merchants and the Baileys, instead of standing victorious with her enemies


Important.

that wasn’t enough. Not

opened his mouth, then shut it. Opened it again, then pressed his lips

he yanked at his tie, loosening it with a rough jerk, and blurted

say it? Just one sentence–‘I love

forcing her to look at

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