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.

by so slowly that I thought

The next day.

my head buzzed with a pounding

presence, he looked

gaze landing on the homey meal comprising of eggs, bacon, and bread spread out on the

we sat across from each other., he

I asked

and replied tersely, “Eat more.” With

studied him for a while

felt Marcus’ eyes on me, I snapped out of my

number was flashing across the

his brows. “Aren’t

to answer, I placed it

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

windows, then pulled the curtains open. True enough, the man was standing tall and proud downstairs, clad in

declined in a flat voice, then added,

I’ll wait for you,” he answered in a tone that matched

looked at me with pursed lips. “You

at him and hesitated for a moment, knowing that he was in a bad mood. “Thank

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

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

no way to dodge him. I hurriedly shoved him away and massaged my neck

out a laugh. “You always see

I stared at him, then I said in a

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