Chapter 97 Terrifyingly Heartless
Aella couldn’t get free. She opened her mouth and bit down hard on Tyrone’s shoulder.
He flinched in pain, his grip loosening just a little, but he still didn’t let go.
Aella clutched the front of his suit so tightly that her knuckles went white.
Trying to steady her voice, she said, “You cheated on me while we were married–that’s your present. You swore you’d take care of them forever–that’s your future. Don’t say I’m the one living in the past, Tyrone. You’re the one who’s dragged Zera and her son into your past, your present, and your future!”
Their eyes locked, the air between them thick enough to snap.
Tyrone finally spoke, trying to defend himself. “Looking after Zera and Orson doesn’t mean I’m giving up on us. It doesn’t mean I’m giving up on you.”
He hesitated before adding, “I’ll admit I made mistakes when Zera came back, but what’s between us isn’t what you think.”
Aella stared at him, her face empty, her voice quiet.
“Tyrone,” she said, “you’re the one who said you wanted to marry Zera. You’re the one who said you didn’t love me. So if that’s how it is, just let me go.”
Tyrone’s expression darkened, his face turning cold.
“Is love really that important to you?” he asked.
Aella almost laughed at how absurd that sounded.
Her eyes sharpened, her tone cutting. “You’ve been hung up on Zera and waited for her for years. You know better than me how important it is!
Tyrone let her go and yanked at his collar, frustrated.
“We just happened to run into each other again,” he said flatly. “It’s not like I’d been waiting for her.”
He remembered the reason he’d baked that blueberry cake and posted that photo–it was just to fulfill a wish she’d made six years ago on her birthday.
On one hand, seeing Zera again after all those years did shake him up a little.
On the other hand, Zera was sick and struggling with depression, so he wanted to comfort her.
That brief moment of emotion wasn’t enough to make him lose control or make a real mistake.
The post he made for Zera had been up for only 60 seconds before he deleted it.
He hadn’t expected Raine to see it, take a screenshot, and send it straight to Aella in that one minute.
He’d claimed the child as his own only to protect Zera and Orson, so that Edwin wouldn’t try to hurt them again like he did six years ago.
He had promised Zera he’d never reveal the boy’s identity.
But Aella couldn’t accept Zera, and she definitely couldn’t accept the child.
Now there was no way for all three of them to coexist.
If they kept going like this, it would ruin them both.
Their eyes met again, and Aella’s lips curved into a faint, bitter smile.
Happened to run into each other again, huh?
What a convenient excuse.
“Aella,” he said, his voice low and steady, “all those feelings mean nothing if they don’t turn into something real. In the end, every relationship comes down to money and benefits. Tell me― can love feed you?”
He continued, “Compared to empty promises, don’t money, status, and comfort make you feel safer? I’ve given you a life without worry–the title of Mrs. Winter that no one can take from you. Isn’t that proof enough that I’m committed to this marriage?”

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