The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 682 Divorce Papers and Delusion

Now he was pulling this act–what else could it be but a performance?

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Dan stood and casually adjusted the sleeve that had been rumpled when he carried her.

“So what do we do now, Marie?”

Marie went quiet. What the hell do you mean, what do we do?

Dan stood at the edge of the bed, looking down at her. Even under such suffocating tension, those peach blossom eyes of his still held a deceptive depth–an illusion of tenderness.

Marie had to admit, once upon a time, she had fallen for that gaze.

All those years he’d been missing…

Whenever she thought of the way he used to look at her, it always brought with it the illusion of affection.

But ever since Dan reappeared…

That illusion shattered completely.

She suddenly remembered what someone once said: “Peach blossom eyes could make even looking at a beast seem full of emotion.”

Dan opened the nightstand drawer as he spoke.

“Your love–it’s not something you can just take back whenever you want.”

Marie was stunned.

What?

Dan said, “You don’t get to decide that.”

Marie snapped, “Are you out of your damn mind?”

Did he think she was some clueless little girl? Like she couldn’t even control her own heart?

Too bad for him–she wasn’t.

Even when she’d loved someone with everything she had, the moment she found out they were a threat to her family, she would crush that so–called love without hesitation.

Dan, as always, acted like he hadn’t heard a word she said.

He pulled out a folder that had clearly been prepared ahead of time. There was even a pen

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clipped to it.

handed it to

Marie

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cast a glance at the document

The title: “Divorce Agreement.”

short, mocking laugh. “What, trying to play the classic rich–people

that kind of transactional

before they’d even tied

hell do you think you are, pulling that stunt with

Starving? That she needed to play some pathetic deal

said calmly, “It’s

Marie froze.

him, eyes now filled with an oncoming

of the bed and

“Divorce him first. Alright?”

wasn’t the

that he, the leader of Ashen Pact, was not going to

Marie had to

turned ragged. “You son of

was just declaring decisions on her behalf like it was his right. Rage boiled up, and she raised her hand to slap him across

time, Dan

who it was that night

“You lying bastard, what was that

then?”

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She was furious.

her other hand and

landed with a

Dan’s face darkened instantly.

and glared at her. “Did you

tight, barely hiding

shouldn’t have mentioned

of that name, Marie immediately recalled what Dan did the night she

hadn’t just been an insult to

surged, and her fury toward Dan