Abruptly, Millie lifted her head from her coffee and directed her gaze towards him.

However, after a few fleeting moments, Millie gently shook her head.

“I won’t be fooled. Even Miss Rayne couldn’t soften you. How can I possibly succeed?”

The joviality on Leon’s face quickly disappeared. He paused his egg-peeling.

“You know?”

Millie was taken aback by his reaction. A wave of fear passed through her, but she decided there was no point in hiding.

chance when I visited a friend at the hospital yesterday. I didn’t intentionally

you consider me selfish?” Leon asked

over the change in the man’s demeanor. Typically, he avoided interactions with her, yet today,

asked. “I don’t think Miss Rayne’s sacrifice

have immense desperation. This man must have deeply disappointed

it be better for her to marry me and live like a widow or to wait

The news was explosive. Such an

do you mean by

subjected to such questioning didn’t sit well with the man, as evidenced by the slight furrowing of his

think I’m

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