Chapter 261

Howard Lowell had always ordered him to sabotage Adrian Sinclair's marriage plans.

It was to make him lose the powerful support of the Valentine family.

Now he wanted to come to the main company.

Although she knew his true intentions.

But upon careful thought.

What he intended to do probably wasn't that simple.

The light in Adrian Sinclair's eyes, which had dimmed, was reignited.

Was she concerned about him?

"Do you not wish for me to marry Chloe Valentine?"

This was what he had been thinking all along.

Now it slipped out uncontrollably.

He was somewhat afraid to look at her.

Or rather, he was afraid to hear her answer.

He cared deeply.

He didn't want to hear her say no.

Anna Ross's fingers twitched slightly.

Yet she dared not look away.

She didn't know what she truly felt inside.

All along, she had attributed everything to her stepfather's orders.

But did she truly feel nothing?

That was impossible.

Hearing the news of his impending marriage.

Her heart truly ached.

This was something she shouldn't think about.

Nor should she do.

Anna Ross turned her head back.

Forcing a strong smile.

"Didn't you already overhear our conversation?"

"The reason I did these things was to help him."

"There is no other reason."

She had never found speaking to be so difficult before.

Adrian Sinclair lowered his gaze.

His dark hair fell over his forehead with the motion.

It looked somewhat disheveled.

It took a long moment before he lifted his head.

He moved his lips.

Smiling with a trace of bitterness.

His low, magnetic voice carried a hint of bitterness and helplessness.

"Did you truly do all these things."

"Without even the slightest bit of emotional willingness?"

Even just a little.

Was there really none?

Anna Ross looked at him like this.

Her heart felt uneasy.

It was like seeing him again on that day three years ago.

The pain in her heart nearly made her faint.

She struggled to stand by sheer willpower.

Looking seriously into his eyes.

She replied indifferently.

"No."

"Not even a little."

"So stop thinking about it."

"It's meaningless."

Anna Ross didn't dare to stay any longer.

She was afraid that if she stayed one more second, she would cry pitifully in front of him.

Adrian Sinclair stood frozen in place.

Staring blankly in the direction she had left.

He stood there silently for a very long time.

So long that he seemed like a statue placed there.

Suddenly.

He raised his hand to his forehead.

Letting out a self-mocking laugh.

But the sound was so cold it made one shiver.

His Adam's apple bobbed.

His eyes beneath his palm were bloodshot.

Anna Ross, oh Anna Ross.

You truly are a heartless person.

Even after I've gone this far.

You still refuse to give me even a sliver of hope.

So it turned out.

Everything she did was entirely due to Howard Lowell's arrangements.

Not the affection he had presumptuously believed in.

........

Anna Ross ran, clutching her chest.

Tears in her eyes had long blurred her vision.

She stumbled into the restroom.

Leaning against the wall, she could no longer hold back her soft sobs.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry....

It was like this three years ago.

And it's still like this now.

She had hurt the same person twice at different times.

Her pale hands tightly held herself.

Struggling to support her body against the wall to keep from sliding down.

Her lips had long been bitten devoid of color.

If someone were to enter now.

They would see her trembling body.

She desperately wanted to calm down.

But the tears were like a broken string.

No matter what she did, she couldn't hold them back.

Every time she thought of his lost eyes.

Her heart felt as if it were being wrung.

No amount of physical pain.

Could compare to half the pain in her heart.

Just hold on a little longer.

As soon as Howard Lowell releases her mother.

She will take her and leave immediately.

Never to disturb his life again.