Billionaire’s Missing Darling

Chapter 322

Margaret had just disembarked from her flight. Before she could head back to the Turner family, Winona intercepted her along the way.

Margaret felt somewhat helpless. “Winona, what’s the rush? I haven’t even had time to recover from the jet lag

As she spoke, she massaged her temples.

Margaret was the eldest daughter of the Turner family, one of the renowned evervale four great families. She was also the older sister of Ethan. While she and Daniel were not childhood friends, they were part of the same social circle and knew each other.

Winona remained silent for a while before responding.

She posed a question, “Margaret, were you aware that Daniel is engaged?”

“Is he engaged?”

Margaret’s hand, which had been massaging her temples, came to a halt. A hint of bewilderment briefly flickered across her initially composed countenance.

After a

pause, she smiled and replied, “Why wouldn’t I know? It’s been such a big spectacle that the whole world probably knows by now.”

Winona toyed with the pendant hanging from her phone with her fingertips and said casually, “Margaret, there’s no need to conceal it. I know you had a crush on Daniel as well. You admired him during your school days.”

Upon hearing this, Margaret didn’t display the nervousness and embarrassment that Winona had anticipated. Instead, she remained remarkably composed. She leaned back and settled into a comfortable position, gazing ahead in a trance. “Winona,” she mused, “what you’ve just mentioned is intriguing. Is having feelings for Daniel such an extraordinary matter?”

At this moment, she let out a chuckle. Her radiant countenance made it challenging to discern her inner thoughts.

This is quite ordinary, Margaret remarked. “In our school, at least eight out of ten girls had a soft spot for him. As for Sarah, she’s been sticking by you and Daniel. She keeps saying she wants to safeguard your relationship with Daniel forever. Does she dare to claim she feels nothing for him?”

“She simply thought it was unattainable, so she took a step back and assumed the role of a protector,” Margaret explained.

Margaret

was right.

was incredibly charming. Who wouldn’t be drawn to him?”

his striking looks and unbelievable intelligence, he had everyone captivated. Even the haughty young lady like Winona, who came from

a sly fox. He’d narrow his eyes and steal the hearts of all the

such a young man?” Margaret concluded with

crush on Daniel for an entire decade, from the age

a paper crane herself and handed it to Daniel. She intentionally feigned indifference, as if what she had given was

his perpetually youthful appearance, blinked his long and slender eyes. He furrowed his brows slightly and fixed his gaze on her for a while. All of a sudden, he sneered, ‘Margaret, you’re not about to tell me you

I like you? It’s just a birthday gift,” a young Margaret

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her evident discomfort, she remained steadfast

well” Daniel nodded and pinched the paper crane between his slender fingers. Then, with a swift motion, he exerted force with both hands and tore the delicately folded paper crane into

into his seat.

and spoke apathetically, “Don’t have feelings for me. I’m quite aloof. I can’t bring warmth to you. I’ll never develop affection for someone I’m not drawn to, no matter how

words made Margaret no longer dare to display even a hint of

concealed this love deep

would be buried with time and would never resurface.

that fate would offer her another

taken the initiative to

seemed to be in a dire situation. If he hadn’t taken the initiative to locate her, Margaret might have believed that he had met an

with the Turner family to aid him and

heart and put forth a proposal. “Let’s get married. A marriage contract is the most steadfast form of collaboration. You’re

Daniel was silent.

he had a girlfriend by his side. That girl was exceptionally beautiful and charming. She had even given birth to a healthy

from a humble village with limited means. Besides being a liability to Daniel, she wouldn’t

of thought, she could easily displace his

moment was not

Daniel’s reluctance, Margaret proposed once more, “How about we stage a

time. Daniel consented. He pledged to offer her more than half of his assets after their simulated divorce. He even took

cradling their child and soothing him to sleep, had a touch of sorrow in her once–bright eyes. Even

to consent to either a genuine or

her response

absolutely no room