Chapter 271 Severed Ties
Chapter 271 Severed Ties
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“Mr. Whitethorn, even if your family controls half of Jexburgh, you can’t humiliate me like this. Your cruelty only proves
Quinn still cares for me.
Turning to Quinn, he continued, “I know you warm up slowly. We dated a year and married three; feelings like that don’t vanish. If he’s threatening you, Quinn, I can-”
“Trent Grafton, how long will you deceive yourself?” Quinn cut in. “I once loved you–why else would I marry you? But three years beside you burned that love away.”
Her voice sounded calmer than ever that it scared Trent.
“Now I feel only disgust. Julius is my partner; we’ll get married and raise children. Keep harassing me, and the Whitethorn family’swyers will have you locked up for two weeks.”
Pain from Trent’s broken arm flooded his body until he could no longer tell whether it was the injury or Quinn’s words that hurt more.
“Marry… Have children…” Trent muttered, stunned that she spoke of a future they were meant to share.
“Tell me–do you truly feel nothing for me?” He still refused to give up.
“Not a shred,” she replied, her voice icy enough to sting. The warning in her eyes said she would do more than talk if he stayed.
Trent wiped the cold sweat from his brow. “Fine, I’ll leave. I finally see you’re the one I truly love. If you ever wish to remarry, I’ll be waiting.”
“That day will nevere,” Quinn said, each word a mmed door.
“Move, or I’ll start swinging,” Laura snapped.
Grinding his teeth, Trent turned and staggered away.
Laura told the lobby guard, “If that man shows up again, call the police at once.”
“Understood, Ms. Wentworth,” the guard answered.
“Sorry for the trouble,” Quinn said to Laura.
“What are you talking about? He’s the one who’s shameless.” Laura huffed. “You’re divorced, yet he begs to remarry and forgets every time he sided with Sidonie. Now he learns you saved his life and calls it love. Honestly, if an olddy had pulled him from danger, he’d worship her too.”
Quinn couldn’t helpughing at her friend’s blunt outrage.
“All right, Mr. Whitethorn’s here; go on home,” Laura said.
Quinn nodded and slipped into Julius‘ car.
“Would you really never remarry Trent?” Julius asked suddenly.
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“Of course not. I closed that chapter the moment I filed for divorce,” Quinn answered without hesitation.
“Not even if he begged on his knees?” Julius pressed.
Quinn frowned. “Why? Do you want me to?”
“No!” Julius blurted. “I just…”
He pressed his lips together, the rest of the sentence refusing toe.
Seeing Trent so broken had stirred an unsettling thought in him. For some reason, he thought of himself.
<i>If </i>she ever left me, <i>would </i><i>she </i><i>be </i><i>that </i><i>ruthless</i><i>? </i>
“Rx,” Quinn said, misreading Julius‘ silence as him worrying that she still had feelings for Trent. “I feel nothing for Trent. Have a little faith in us.”
Julius forced a smile. No matter how confident and calm he usually was, anything concerning her left him
uneasy.
“I’m decisive in love,” Quinn went on. “Once I let go, I never look back.”
Julius stiffened. She was speaking of Trent, yet the words sliced into him, nting a fear that one day they might be meant for him.
“Quinnie, promise you’ll never let go of me,” he whispered.
Quinn nearly said that forever was too heavy a promise to make.
But the plea in his eyes trapped the words in her throat.
“All right,” she said.
She hadn’t known Julius long, yet his unwavering devotion was impossible to miss.
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