Chapter 56
“Fine, fine!” I raised my glass. “To love that eludes us.”
+25 BONUS
Love had eluded me too, hadn’t it? 1 had made so many sacrifices for Edward, only to be abandoned in the end.
It seemed I finally found the one thing I had In common with a man as privileged as Soren, after all.
He clinked his glass against mine, but before he drank, he stopped. “Do you still love your ex?”
I took a sip of my red wine. “Nah. But it does take time to completely remove him from my mind we were together for years.”
“I figured,” he replied.
“And a minor correction: he’s hardly my ex–husband in the eyes of the law. It’s a load of crap, but the long and short of it is that I have a feeling we won’t be legally separated for a while,” I complained.
Our second appointment was tomorrow, but I was worried he would be a no–show again. If he pulled that stunt, I’d have no choice but to sue him.
I didn’t want to do that, though, simply because the legal procedures would be too time–consuming. I was busy for these things lately!
Soren scanned my face and asked, “He can’t let go, can he?
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I laughed bitterly. “Sure. The question is, what’s the thing he can’t let go of? Our relationship… or me as his life- saving blood supplier?”
Soren looked baffled.
“He suffered from a long–term illness before and needed multiple blood transfusions. He has a rare blood type- which, as it turns out, I share. So, I was the one who donated much of my blood to help him,” I explained.
“It’s absurd, isn’t it? Maybe I’m the main character in a soap opera. Where else can you find something so ridiculous in real life?”
Soren wore an unreadable expression. After a while, he finally replied, “You’re too good for him in every way. He doesn’t deserve you.”
I nodded. “Exactly! So, I’m glad I at least got out of that trag.
Soren could tell I hated talking about this, so he didn’t press for more.
The dinner lasted two hours. We kept chatting about all sorts of things. It felt like two friends having a reunion.
After that, I brought up the 40,000,000 dollars and told him I wanted to repay him.
At first, Soren insisted it wasn’t urgent. But I shoved the same legal documents I had prepared last time into his hands again.
If I couldn’t pay him back in five years, he could acquire my company.
I was so determined that he caved and signed the papers.
That night, after returning home, I gazed at his signature and name on the documents. His handwriting was firm, strong, and confident.
Chapter 56
That was it. My brain could no longer stop itself from fantasizing.
+25 BONUS
In my defense, Soren was just so incredibly perfect and exceptional! Everything he did was mesmerizing. How was anyone supposed to keep it together?
I just felt blessed to have met someone who could help me walk out of the pain and gloom Edward had left me in.
Still, that didn’t mean I was losing the plot.
– My admiration for him was one–sided. Nothing more, nothing less.
He had someone he liked. His family had already made arrangements regarding his love life, too.
As for me? I was someone from the lower rungs of the social hierarchy.
I could never reach his prestige. Thus, fantasizing on my own was all I had.
My phone kept vibrating.
Jean was calling for me to spill the tea. She had this conspiracy theory that Soren and I were already secret lovers or something.
I told her the Kenways were simply incredibly good people through and through, but she wouldn’t believe it. Jean: [Don’t sell yourself short! Don’t you know you’re the queen of every socialite and elite lady in Metropolis? Who’s got beauty and talent like you, Tay–Tay?!]
Jean: [You should actually try before you give up, sis! He hasn’t gotten together with his dream girl yet! So get out there and make me forget about her!]
Jean: [Oh man, if you manage to bag Soren as your new boyfriend and then show up in front of those two jackasses -fucking sick!!!}
