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I wasn’t an expert in criminal law, but impersonating someone to commit fraud was a serious offense. She was facing significant jail time.
The System was a cacophony of walls.
[What kind of stupid plot twist is this! The FL is a con artist and the ML is a useless pet!]
【What happened to the sweet romance novel?]
[Author, where do you live? I want to send you a little something.]
【This world is completely broken…]
Jenna was cuffed and taken away, but she left me with Silas.
He didn’t run.
Throughout the chaos, he had stood on the edge of the crowd, his eyes never leaving me.
Only after the drama subsided and everyone else had left did he emerge from the corner.
“Calla, I… I have something to say.”
Mr. Graves and the family doctor were attending to Mrs. Graves, and Maximilian finally had a moment to spare. He saw Silas approach me and rushed over, planting himself between us like a bulldog.
His voice was dripping with acid.
“What could you possibly have to say to my girlfriend?”
Jenna had pulled at Silas during her struggle with the police.
His clothes were disheveled.
He looked rather pathetic.
He wore that pitiful expression as he looked at me, his eyes pleading.
I gently patted Maximilian’s arm.
“Max, just give me a few minutes to clear the air with him. I’m not going anywhere, I promise.”
His protective arm relaxed slightly.
He let it fall to his side, but not without a final warning.
“I’ll be waiting. Calla, you promised you’d marry me.”
I nodded.
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“Don’t worry,” I assured him. “I’m not going to back out.”
Silas led me into the garden.
The night air was thick with the scent of gardenias.
But he was in no mood to appreciate it.
He hung his head, his voice barely a whisper.
“I know it’s probably meaningless to say this now, but I still want to say it. I’m sorry.”
It was utterly pointless.
But I let him finish.
“I was bought and sold my whole life, so I never learned how to connect with people. When you brought me home, you never taught me how to love someone. You were always so busy. All I remember is the back of your head as you rushed off to work. Then Jenna came, and she told me that companionship was love. She told me she was the female lead and I was the male lead, that we were destined to be together. And I believed her. I chose her.”
“It wasn’t until you gave up on me that I realized something was wrong. Why weren’t you fighting for me? I guess there’s no such thing as unconditional love. Especially when you had Annie and Maximilian. I felt so empty inside. But I felt like I had no right to be sad. I told myself I loved Jenna. I almost convinced myself it was true. These past few months, I’ve seen so much. I’ve realized my way of interacting with people has
