Chapter 700 You’re One of My People

Her words transported Dexter to the night the rain poured down endlessly.

He closed his eyes, and the image of Liana reaching out her hands to him in the rain was as clear as day in his mind. Her presence had been like a beacon of hope in his life.

But she stood before him with a new identity after so many years, and he failed to recognize her. He even sent her away and made her life miserable.

“Leanne,” he finally uttered.

Heather’s ears perked up.

“Wouldn’t you like to have a life of comfort and stability, staying with the Olsen family and marrying a kind and proper gentleman?” He looked into her dark, beady eyes and asked sincerely.

Heather’s eyes were like two pools of darkness, filled with sadness and regret. “I must have really missed out on you,” she said, her voice barely more than a whisper.

Even the slightest spark of hope can ignite a fire in the heart. Heather had never dared to dream of being with Dexter, knowing that they were from different worlds. But as they talked about the past, she couldn’t help but feel a chill run down her spine.

Dexter didn’t respond.

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around the school, and you promised Grandpa that

she reminisced about the past, sharing with Dexter the memories he had long kept hidden. It

the table. He took out a cigarette and held it between his thumb and forefinger, his

when we were as close as soulmates is now only a fragment of our history,

the cigarette were so close to his fingertips that he could feel the heat radiating from them. He tapped the cigarette

for the things I did. I’ll make

is not what I want, Dex. You know

way of avoiding the topic. “What

locked on each other for a long time, the silence hanging heavy in the air. Heather didn’t say a word in

and the suffocating tension in the room was jarring. “Find a good man,”

smile. “What do you consider to be a

will treat you with respect and love, and his family will welcome you

enough for a man

lacking? You’re one of my people. You could be Natasha Rostova if you

the looks or charisma to win the prince’s heart,” Heather replied. “I think I’m

Dexter’s eyes clouded over,

on

he brought her to Heaven on Earth to humiliate her. His plan didn’t work out as he had intended. Nonetheless,

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