My Great Escape Led Me to You novel Chapter 248

Andrew Lane pressed his lips together and said nothing.

Diana Harris frowned, her tone sharp. “Emily Blair likes you. Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed.”

For reasons he couldn’t quite name, Andrew suddenly recalled a moment from years ago, back when Emily Blair still lived with the Lane family.

He remembered Amelia Lane once stumbling upon a notebook in Emily’s room, every page crammed with his name scrawled over and over.

He’d half-expected to catch Emily blushing in embarrassment, but instead, she tore the notebook to shreds with icy composure.

Even now, he couldn’t explain why he remembered her words and the look in her eyes that night so clearly.

“I was wrong before. I liked the wrong person. I must have been blind, shameless to even think I could care for you.”

“I get it now. I’ll change.”

“But from now on, I’ll never let myself have those disgusting feelings again. I’ll keep my distance—always. I’ll never trouble you again.”

Emily’s eyes had been too calm—not a trace of shame, just a desperate urge to sever any connection between them.

Maybe it was because they were both so young, but Andrew could still see the fear and wariness lurking beneath her cool stare, and something deeper—hatred, buried at the bottom of her gaze.

What was she afraid of?

What was she dreading?

And where did that hatred come from?

It wasn’t for Isabella Austin or Amelia Lane, who had both been there that night. No, that look had been meant for him alone.

Even Andrew, who prided himself on seeing things clearly, was left puzzled.

He’d always treated Emily decently during her years in the Lane household—of that he was sure.

A flicker of confusion passed through his eyes. What could have made Emily Blair hate him so much?

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