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After calming down, Irvin also realized that for someone like Grace destroying the business she desired most would bring her even greater pain.
So, he returned to his usual cold and indifferent attitude.
When she noticed the shift, she didn’t feel hurt. Instead, she was relieved.
Although she prioritized profit and interests, she was still a woman who couldn’t help but yearn for genuine love.
And Irvin was far too charming. If he kept treating her well, she was afraid she wouldn’t be able to control her wavering heart.
As Irvin was about to walk past her to the study, she said, “There’s a banquet tomorrow. We need to attend it together.”
“Alright,” he replied.
Once he entered the study, Grace immediately returned to her room. From there , she stepped onto the balcony and crossed into
Irvin’s room.
She took out the high–definition mini pinhole camera that Timothy had given her and installed it after carefully choosing a good angle.
Then, she waited for Irvin to leave the study before she went in to install another one there.
No matter how conflicted she felt, or what kind of person Timothy actually was, they still shared the same interest.
Of course, she would cooperate with him.
Whether the marriage was fake or real, William and I would soon appear as husband and wife to the others.
To prepare for that, he invited me to attend a banquet with him as his date.
I knew Irvin and Grace would attend. As the heir to the Hardwell family, he couldn’t miss such an elite event in Lestoria.
But when I actually ran into them at the banquet and saw how Grace was holding onto Irvin’s arm, walking toward us like a loving couple, my heart still tugged a little.
It wasn’t exactly painful. I just couldn’t help but feel a small wave of emotions at how things had turned out the way they did between Irvin and me.
We used to be so in love. Now, he had a new wife and babies along the way.
Meanwhile, I had someone I was planning to marry.
We were no longer standing beside one another. And it would be that way forever.
Sensing the shift in my mood, William stayed silent. He simply tightened his arm around my waist, pulling me closer.
Just as I spotted Irvin, he saw me too. But unlike me, who had known he would be attending with Grace, he had no idea I would be there. And he certainly didn’t expect me to be with William.
Seeing us together and how William was holding me so closely, his mind went completely blank.
Before he had time to even think, he instinctively wanted to step forward and pull me away from William.
But just as he was about to move, Grace clung tightly to his arm.
Tim,” she said.
That one word snapped him back to reality, reminding him that he was Timothy now,
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But even if he wasn’t , he no longer had any right to interfere with my life. It was his own failure that destroyed the last chance we had.
He was the one who ended everything between us that day. He even told me to go find someone else.
In that sudden moment, Irvin didn’t want to live anymore.
Even though he was the one who said it, the thought of me slowly walking out of his life until I eventually forgot him was unbearable. Let alone seeing me with another man.
He would rather die than live through that.
He wondered why I couldn’t have waited just a little longer. Just until he finished his revenge… and died.
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