Sebastian said calmly, "She chose me over the money."

"Well, she ain't dumb, of course she'd pick you! You're basically a walking ATM anyway. If she becomes the wife of Skyline Corporation's president, she ain't ever gonna worry about money!" "She's genuine, you know."

She was like a blank sheet of paper, but it'd been stained ever since he came into her life.

"What do you mean 'genuine'?"

"She never tries to flatter or suck up to me just because I'm the president of Skyline Corporation."

"And why's that?"

""'Cause she's mad I took advantage of her. She even cursed me for it."

"Oh? What did she say?"

actually a cold-hearted bastard deep down. She's got an amazing mom, you know. Even when she was sick, she still cared about her mother. She's a real filial daughter, working dangerous jobs to make money for her mom's medical treatment. Everything she does makes me wonder: If my own mom were still here, would I do the same for her? "But, Grandpa, the day my dad died from anger was their wedding day. You lost one son and didn't want to lose another - I get it, but I can't accept it. I see my mom as having died on the

utterly embarrassed and couldn't meet Sebastian's

while, he said softly, "I thought

someone trying to deceive themselves

could he mistake those eyes,

watching over him, but when they met again, there was no warmth-only

too young and ignorant about everything, but he was too smart not

Jaxon sighed, "Your uncle

mom was his first. love. They were

didn't he say

mom was tricked into returning to her home country was

which time she was already his sister-in-law. My biggest regret in

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