Shirley sounded very decisive.

Carter seemed to be stumped for words for a while. Then, he tugged the corners of his lips.

“Shirley, do you know what you’re saying?”

“I do. I know what I said,”   Shirley answered slowly without even lifting her beautiful  eyes.  “I’ve thought it through, and I won’t let you manipulate me like an idiot. We were just using each other anyway, Mr. Gray. You used me to reach your goals, and to be honest, I was also just using you.”

When Carter heard this answer, he felt as if he had heard a huge joke.

“You were using me?” He scoffed and asked, “What were you using me for?”

“You still can’t tell what I was using you for?” Shirley asked. The corner of her red lip that looked slightly pale was lifted in a disdainful smile.

“The first time I met you, I knew you could  give me a life of luxury and the best education.

pretending to be pitiful to gain pity from you and Camille. I wanted you guys to keep me in Gray Manor, I wanted to make you reluctant to have me leave. I wanted you to plead with camille yourself

pleased with herself. “Carter, I’m very good at acting, right? You must have thought that I was so in love with you and I couldn’t live without you so I would be willing to

each other. I was only pretending when I was with you, and now,

did not have the previous look of

he entered and eventually asked after a long while, “Are you sure you’re

beautiful eyes were

for so long and even came back to live here? You should see now that I’ve

his heart was strong and it was able to conquer everything. However, when Shirley’s decisive words pierced his eardrums, he felt as if an invisible dagger was

feeling reminded him of when Shirley had left without telling

then, she had left so

 she really did not love him and that was why she could

and

he mocked with a light chuckle. “You’d better pray that I won’t see you again. If not, I’ll make you pay for using

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