“I’m sorry, Maisie. I… I didn’t want to hurt you,” Graham said.

“You can’t hurt me,” Maisie stated, gazing into his eyes. “Because I’ve realized today that my feelings for you aren’t that deep.”

Graham was taken aback, his head snapping up.

“I just can’t understand one thing.” Maisie spoke softly. “Since you were already in love with someone else, why did you date me?”

Graham’s throat tightened. He licked his lips and hoarsely replied, “Because Aunt Linda introduced you, and my parents were quite satisfied with you…

“Plus, you’re beautiful, without a strong background, and easy to control. Even if I had other women after we got married, you wouldn’t do anything to me, nor would your family would be able to do anything to me.”

Maisie’s eyes widened. So, he wanted to marry her because she was easy to bully and had no family to back her up?

It made sense. In a family with matching backgrounds, someone like Lina or Arya would never put up with that. Not to mention that they wouldn’t just accept the insult—their powerful families would have already taken action against him.

After the initial shock, Maisie suddenly laughed.

he had expected. He thought Maisie would be emotionally

a scene. Instead, she remained remarkably calm, making Graham feel

fault. I’m the villain here. I was the one who wronged you!” He reached out to take Maisie’s hand,

had been waiting for this result all along. With the outcome now,

to work as usual the next day, but her colleagues

through the morning’s classes. During the lunch break, she went to the

it true that Ms. Squire got dumped

Mr. Bayer is seeing outside! That woman deliberately put her son in her class to

arrogant

has a child than marry Ms. Squire… Do you think there’s something

then boldly entered

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