NovelEnglishChapter 504
“I never tried to impress you, Mr. Jennings. | really respect you-like someone | look up to,” | blurted out.
“Elder?” Edward's dark eyes narrowed. “Are you trying to use seniority as a shield against me?”
“I wouldn't dare, but that’s just how it is,” | replied, keeping my composure.
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Edward tapped his long fingers lightly on the table. “The more you try to pushaway, the more | find myself
drawn to you. Do you get it?”
My heart started pounding. ‘This guy is such a piece of work-he’s always the exact opposite of normal,’ |
thought.
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Edward raised an eyebrow. “Don’t be mad. Honestly, | don’t want to be like this either, but... before | know it, |
just want to see you and hear you talk.”
“Mr. Jennings, do you seriously have a thing for being mistreated?” | snapped, unable to hold back. ‘He really
shouldn't be intoat all, | thought.
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Edward nodded. “Ever since | was a kid, | could get anything | wanted-except love. My ex-wife and | had an
arranged marriage. She didn’t want to marry me, and | didn’t want to marry her, but we were both forced into it.
After the wedding, we just kept up the act. Our families kept pushing us to have a kid, so we had to get ourselves
drunk just to have a daughter. One day, she said she was done pretending, and we split up amicably.”
| stared at him in shock. | never would've guessed his whole marriage was just pretending.
No wonder he was so good at it.
“I'm in my thirties, and this is the first tI've ever felt real longing, real heartbreak. Victoria, you're not the
only one hurting,” Edward said, gripping his coffee cup tight before letting go and spinning it slowly. “I know it’s
messed up, but | can’t help it. There's always this voice in my head, tellingto make up any excuse just to see
you.”
My mind was a tangled mess as | stared out the window. “We can’t do this. It's just wrong.”
Edward looked stunned for a moment, then nodded, admitting, “Yeah, it’s wrong.”
“Then you need to put an end to these feelings,” Victoria pleaded.
“I do my best,” Edward replied, glancing atagain. “But honestly, you're adorable even when you're mad.
What am | supposed
to do?”
My face went completely blank.
Edward sawfrozen like a deer in headlights and let out a quiet laugh. “Con, don’t space out. Just eat
something.”
“I just can’t,” | said, putting down my fork. I'd completely lost my appetite.
Edward let out a sigh, sounding like he’d given up on arguing with me. “I'll have someone keep tabs on your
brother. Relax, I'm not out to mess him up. I'll make sure he gets the help he needs to grow, step by step, until
he can stand on his own.”
| looked up at him in surprise.
Edward was watching me, his gaze dark and intense. “I'm not as terrible as you think, but... I'm shameless
enough to use this as an
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excuse just to get you to noticemore.”
| sucked in a breath. ‘This guy is seriously sick... and it's not a minor case.’
I hesitated, starting to say, “My brother's girlfriend...”
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Edward cutoff, not missing a beat. “I got her a job too. Now that they both have steady work, maybe they'll
tie the knot even sooner, right?”
Honestly, | just wanted my brother to find sstability, get married, have kids, and build a happy little family
of his own.
“Don’t worry. Once we're in Braylin, | won't be meeting you in private like this anymore,” Edward said, catching
my stunned look. He sighed softly. “It’s only here in Shaville that | can let myself act on my feelings. In Braylin,
that’s just not possible.”
“Thank you for taking care of my brother, Mr. Jennings,” | said, lifting my coffee cup. “Just make sure you keep
your promise and don’t bring him any trouble, okay?”
Edward's eyes grew darker, and he gave a self-deprecating chuckle. “Am | really that bad?”
“Everyone knows capitalists have ice in their veins. Being bad is just part of the deal,” I joked, smiling.
Edward laughed too, tapping his coffee cup against mine. “Wrong. When it comes to you, my blood’s anything
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