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A faint darkness flashed in his eyes. 

He held her, unmoving, his thin lips slowly brushing along the woman’s neck, breathing in the faint fragrance of her hair. 

His voice, laced with the effects of alcohol, was hoarse. But at this moment, he was entirely 

clear-headed. 

He laughed softly as he tightened his arms around her, his voice low. “I’ve thought about it. If you don’t want a divorce, then don’t. I’ll arrange for Shane to stay in Amaran and not come back. We’ll keep things as they are. I promise no one will ever find out.” 

And if anyone did, he naturally had ways to silence them. 

“When Leo starts middle school, he’ll go straight to a foreign language school. At that time, Selena can go with him. She’ll have better educational resources. 

“I can treat her as my own daughter to fill in the missing fatherly role Shane never gave her. If you feel unhappy at work, I can help you start your own studio. I’ll bring your grandmother to the city, and I still have an empty apartment.” 

“This is from Lenny. It’s a gift for you.” Valeria pushed him away. 

She took a card from her pocket and handed it to him. 

Sebastian took it, already aware she was avoiding the topic he had just raised. 

At that moment, the fireworks above ended. 

Sebastian’s phone rang. 

When he answered, the person on the other end asked, “Mr. Grant? The fireworks have finished. Should we continue?” 

At this time, Valeria’s phone buzzed too. It was a text message. 

It pulled her mind back from the spectacle of the fireworks. 

She lowered her head to check. It was a moving company’s message, asking her to confirm the route. The move was scheduled for five days later, at 8:00 am. 

Sebastian gave a self-mocking laugh and hung up the call. 

The fireworks could have gone on forever, as long as she wanted to see them. But when he 

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looked at Valeria’s cold, distant face, he also saw her calm and unshaken heart. 

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“Valeria, you say I don’t understand what it means to love someone. But do you? Do you know what loving someone means?” 

His broad hand gripped her arm. “Do you know what it means? Was your marriage to Shane about love? I don’t believe you’re the type of person who’s willing to be trapped in a cage like 

this. 

“Tell me. I can fix it. I can cut down every obstacle in our way. You keep denying my feelings. Does my love mean so little to you?” 

He wanted to spend a lifetime with the woman in front of him. 

He had lowered himself again and again, yet he was also rejected again and again. 

It was pathetic. 

“This was a mistake from the beginning,” Valeria said. By the beginning, she meant high school. Her crush on him should have stayed hidden forever in her heart. 

She was human. So she couldn’t always control her emotions. 

She couldn’t resist the power of the Grant family. She hadn’t stolen money, yet was branded a thief. She had proof of her innocence, but he wanted her to delete it and let things slide. 

And when she uttered that reckless threat, asking him to be her boyfriend, she had been confused and desperate. 

Because of that, she was willing to pay the price for those three years. 

Since he had made her delete the video and gotten what he wanted, he, too, had to pay a price. He had to date someone he didn’t even like. It was a rare, rough chapter in his smooth and privileged life. 

Now, at 28, when Valeria looked back at her 17-year-old self, she realized the mistake was the relationship itself. 

“It’s just fun and games. Why take it so seriously?” Back then, she shouldn’t have taken it seriously. 

And now, Sebastian shouldn’t either. 

The words he had once said, she now uttered back to him. 

The wind carried Valeria’s words, soft yet resolute, into his ear. They stood close, so close that those few words seemed infinitely magnified in his ears. 

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His back went rigid. 

His heart gave a painful jolt. 

He repeated softly, “It’s just fun and games…” 

He couldn’t believe Valeria could say something so cold. 

“I know you’re capable of that, Mr. Grant.’ 

He couldn’t suppress the emotions boiling inside him, especially hearing her say such words with that calm, indifferent tone. 

He gave a bitter laugh, clenched his teeth, and teetered on the edge of madness. “You’re right. I am capable of that. Of course I am! What kind of woman can’t I have? There are countless who are prettier, with better figures. I’m never lacking in women by my side!” 

And yet, he had stumbled on this woman. 

How could she be so heartless? What did she take him for? Some cheap suitor? Or just a harasser? 

“Valeria, I’m not your disposable tool. I’m not someone you can summon with a wave, who comes running whenever you need me.” 

“I’ll leave this place.” Valeria looked at him, biting hard at the corner of her lip, then turned her gaze away. “I won’t bother you again.” 

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