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.

night passed by so slowly that I thought the sun

The next day.

night, my head buzzed with a pounding

room. Upon sensing my presence, he looked at me with

of

he remained silent and

noticing the dark circles beneath his eyes, I asked without much thought, “Didn’t sleep

gaze and replied tersely, “Eat more.” With that, he filled my plate with

studied him for a while but

Marcus’ eyes on me, I snapped out of my daze and glanced at

was flashing

his brows. “Aren’t you going to

I placed it against my

lot of stuff? I can go up and help you with them. I’m

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

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

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

looked at me with pursed lips. “You haven’t

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

everything in the bedroom was arranged by him, I

to walk out of the bedroom, but he abruptly grabbed my

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

huffed out a laugh. “You always see the

stared at him, then I said in a heavy tone,

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