Chapter 242

Without looking at his expression, I straightened and went into my bedroom. In this world, no one would go out of their way to help someone else for no apparent reason. There had to be a motive. I was smart enough to know why Marcus treated me so well.

Sometimes, I wanted to continue feigning ignorance just so that I could stay. However, humans were complex beings. I couldn’t very well put on a facade forever, not to mention the current me couldn’t afford to be ignorant anymore.

“Scarlett!” He paused before asking in a low voice, “Have you ever… felt anything for me?”

His question stunned me, and my mind couldn’t formulate a response for a while. “I’m sorry, Marcus!”

A low laugh came from behind me. “Okay. I understand.”

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His simple words carried a sense of heaviness.

Even so, there was nothing I could do about it.

I parted my lips, attempting to say something, but no words could escape.

Back in my bedroom, my chest tightened uncomfortably. Even after a whole night of tossing and turning, I still couldn’t fall asleep.

During the past two months, I never once thought about how I was going to spend the rest of my days.

Besides solving the matters between Ashton and me, there was also Marcus. I had no qualms accepting his meticulous care. In fact, I even enjoyed it. However, I seemed to have forgotten that there was nothing I could give him, and at the end of the day, he was the one who’d get hurt.

I was broken and beyond repair, so I shouldn’t drag him into my mess.

that I thought the sun would never come

The next day.

head buzzed

room. Upon sensing my presence, he looked at me

comprising of eggs, bacon,

each other., he remained silent

his eyes, I asked without

more.” With that, he filled my plate with more

studied him for a while but remained silent

my phone rang. When I felt Marcus’ eyes on me, I snapped out of my

was

Marcus raised his brows. “Aren’t you going

my phone and swiping it to answer, I placed it against my ear

up and help you with them. I’m downstairs now,” Ashton spoke

curtains open. True enough, the man was

in a flat voice, then added, “I’ll meet

answered in a tone that matched mine. I guess this had always been the

ending the call, Marcus looked at me with pursed lips.

stared at him and hesitated for a moment, knowing that he was in a

else I could say. Since everything in the bedroom was arranged by

out of the bedroom, but he abruptly grabbed my wrist. Before I could react, he grasped the back of

him. I hurriedly shoved him away and massaged my neck as anger simmered in me.

“You always see the good in

I stared at him, then

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