Chapter 56

“Okay.”I took a seat beside him, trying to meet his piercing, clear gaze, and found myself growing more and more uncomfortable.

In the vast study, it was just Timothy and me, and Gary, who was making coffee on the side.

Sure enough, Timothy started, “So, you’re still going for the divorce?”

My heart sank. He had seen right through me; hiding it was futile.

“Yeah… How did you know?”

He sighed but wasn’t angry about being deceived. “You, always so independent and stubborn, never showed much on your face, but those eyes of yours, when have they ever looked away from him? But tods.

you haven’t given him a single glance.”

There was a note of regret in his words.

Hearing that, I felt a lump in my throat and couldn’t say a word.

is something you can’t hide, even if you cover your mouth, it will shine

clear as day, yet Bryant thought I had feelings for

he just clueless, or never

my throat tight with words that eventually all

who should apologize,” Timothy gestured for Gary to serve me coffee. “If I

boy, you wouldn’t have fallen into

and shook my head. “No, it’s not your fault… You just made a dream come true for me. Without you, I might have spent my whole life reaching for the stars. But now, I

can’t have, you’ll

which is much

wouldn’t be forever longing,

like this, to say more would just show I’m too biased towards Bryant. You should know, in my eyes, you’re no different from my own granddaughter. Even

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last words were said with

was a promise, and it

choked with emotion,

he called my name, his expression inscrutable. “Do you know why I never wanted Margaret or her mom to marry into the Ferguson

“Why?”

signaled Gary with

a

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