The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart

Chapter 676

William had practically sequestered himself in his room for a solid week.

News of the impending union between the Dillion and the Salter families spread like wildfire.

Everything that had transpired at the engagement party was hushed up by the Salter family, but there were still those in the know who were gleefully spreading rumors within their social circles.

Accusations of deceit and even rape were being bandied about.

Carla had tried to visit him a few times, but William had refused to see her. On her last attempt, he finally agreed to meet her.

Carla looked at William’s sunken eyes and clenched her fists instinctively.

“William, are you okay?” She asked with concern in her voice.

William was dressed in a thin white knitted sweater. In just a week, he had lost over twenty pounds, looking ragged and haggard.

He stood up and asked her as he wanted to be sure, ‘Are you really sure you want to marry me?”

“William, you promised to marry me…” Carla panicked, thinking he was going to break off their engagement, “I really do love you. I know what happened that night wasn’t what you wanted, I…”

on my body were self-inflicted, not caused by you?” William cut her off, “You claim to love me, yet you’ve

rest, but Carla had approached him, resulting in a scuffle that had him crashing into

the time he had sobered up, Carla was sitting on the bed in disarray, and before he could apologize, the Salter family had barged in. From then on,

then she said, her face white as a sheet, “William, I love you too much. I know

her only opportunity of having

they got married, she would make it up to him. She would make

goodwill William had for Carla evaporated in an

the window,

approached him gingerly, taking his hand. “William, don’t worry about the rumors. They’ll die down soon. After we get married, I promise to

pulled his hand free; devoid of any emotions, he said. “Set a date for the wedding. I’ll be there to sign

I inform the Salter family,

face turned ashen as she said, “But I really want to wear a wedding dress.”

long last that the opportunity had landed in her lap,

he retorted, “Then perhaps you should find someone else to marry. You could just do to them what you did to me,

Carla was stunned.

into the bathroom. After freshening up and changing into

to work, the office was buzzing with rumors.

businessman who, within a matter of days, had ousted several

had mutually ceased contact, a fact that