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.

I thought

The next day.

my head buzzed with

he looked at me with a neutral expression. “Have some

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

sat across from each other., he remained silent and ate

dark circles beneath his eyes, I asked without

replied tersely, “Eat more.”

him for a while but

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

number was

lack of reaction, Marcus raised his brows. “Aren’t you going to answer

my phone and swiping it to answer, I placed it against my ear and waited for him to speak

you have a lot of stuff? I can go up and help you with them. I’m downstairs now,” Ashton

the curtains open. True enough, the man was standing tall and proud downstairs,

fine,” I declined in a flat

I’ll wait for you,” he answered in a tone that matched mine. I guess this had always been the way

ending the call, Marcus looked at me with pursed

knowing that he was in a bad mood. “Thank you,

else I could say. Since everything in the bedroom was arranged by him, I didn’t have anything

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

that I had no way to dodge him. I hurriedly shoved him away and massaged my neck as anger simmered in me. “Marcus,

out a laugh. “You always see

at him,

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