8
58%
The hot topics on social media were still emerging one after another.
From Jane being Silas’s mistress, it has now evolved into me being a heartless person. Yesterday, paparazzi caught photos of me and Kieran at the airport, and now they’re saying
I had been cheating all along, which is why Silas and I broke up.
I couldn’t help but laugh. Lowering my eyes, I saw a message on my phone screen from
Jane using a fake account.
It was a photo of her staying overnight at the hillside villa.
[Silas actively asked me to stay last night. What do you think he’ll do tonight?]
[Silas is a man with a strong sense of responsibility. Now that the shackles are gone.]
[Thea, your husband is mine now.]
She was trying to provoke me, but my heart was already unmoved.
Kieran poured me a cup of tea and handed it to me, worriedly glancing at my phone screen before saying in a deep voice:
“Miss.”
“I will avenge all the wrongs you’ve suffered.”
I didn’t answer him, but instead asked: “I heard that my father has introduced many young ladies to you, intending for you to start a family.”
“Why did you refuse?”
11:43 Mon, 23 Dec t
58%
Kieran seemed unprepared for this question. He lowered his eyes, his fingers rubbing the rim of the teacup.
After a long silence, I asked again: “Is it because of me?”
He suddenly looked up, meeting my gaze before guiltily avoiding it again.
In the five years that Kieran and I hadn’t met, without fail, on every birthday of mine, there
Would be an expensive gift from him.
Lavish presents.
And he would occasionally transfer money to my account.
He gave me almost everything he earned. I refused many times, but he persisted.
Later, I called him and lost my temper for the first time.
I said: “Kieran, you saved me once, I helped you once, we’re even.”
“It was my father who let you into the company, and you’ve gotten to where you are today
on your own merit.”
“You don’t owe me anything. I’m not your creditor. Doing this will only damage my marriage and make Silas misunderstand our relationship.”
After that, Kieran stopped transferring money to me.
Even his gifts became more modest.
“Kieran, I’ve told you that you don’t owe me anything,” I said.
As soon as I finished speaking, Kieran pressed his lips together and said: “It’s not that.”
“What?”
He looked at me, his lips curving into a faint smile, his eyes filled with love:
“I like you, Miss.”
Mon, 23 Dec xi F
“I know I’m worlds apart from you.”
“I’ve never dared to hope that you would look back at me, but my heart belongs to you. I
don’t want to deceive myself or waste anyone else’s time.”
As Kieran’s words trailed off, I raised my eyes and quietly studied him.
He’s the same age as me, but much more mature.
When I first saw him, he was timid and out of place.
Now he has become a pillar of the company, the person my father values most.
Last night when I returned to the old house, my father talked with me for a long time
about the future of the company and my future.
Finally, he asked me two questions.
The first was: “Do you still like Silas?”
I shook my head, giving a negative answer.
But for the second question, I fell silent.
He asked me.
