My Great Escape Led Me to You novel Chapter 395

To Andrew Lane, Emily Blair was never anything special.

He made it clear this time: if she said no, he wouldn’t try to stop her again.

Emily thought back to the moment earlier, when Andrew had simply stared at her in silence, his expression unreadable and cold. She realized then that he must have been weighing the worth of keeping her in his life, measuring whether she was valuable enough to fight for.

That was Andrew Lane’s way—always calculating, always assessing value.

Before he did anything, he’d determine if it was worth his time, his effort, his desire. The only metric that mattered was what he’d gain. If the value met his expectations, he’d proceed; if not, he’d walk away.

Most things Andrew decided to do—starting his own business, marrying Isabella Austin and having a child, or tossing Emily aside when she no longer fit—were the result of these careful calculations.

The fact that he’d tried, more than once, to force her to stay had caught Emily off guard. It was out of character for him.

It was out of character for Andrew too.

After the impulse faded, his reason reasserted itself—cold, clinical, unforgiving.

He judged his actions with icy detachment.

He judged her the same way.

Now, Andrew had finished his calculations. He’d weighed her worth and come to a conclusion.

She was not worth it.

Not worth chasing, not worth the trouble.

She had no meaning.

No value.

So he gave her an ultimatum.

Stay, or go.

And he meant it.

When he first learned Emily was planning to leave, he’d been genuinely caught off guard—there was a flash of panic, the uneasy sense that something he’d always controlled was slipping away.

It was a feeling Andrew rarely experienced, whether in business or in life. Years of training had taught him to seize control, but that sense of crisis was enough for a moment to tip the scales: he decided to keep her.

That’s why he’d done those things—showing up at her apartment, coming here, dragging along four bodyguards to force her back.

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