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    “Then what is it? Because of him?” Kaiden cast a nce at Howard, who stood some distance away, beneath a pomegranate tree, patiently waiting for Ellie.


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    “No.” Ellie’s voice carried a sense of destion.


    Her feelings for him, which were not reciprocated, were the reason for her decision.


    Ellie dropped her gaze, shielding the emotions within her. “Kaiden, we’re not a good match. If we can’t go the distance, then it’s better for us to stay away from each other right now.”


    “How do you know we can’t go the distance?” Kaiden scoffed.


    Her words seemed perplexing to him.


    “Aren’t we facing obstacles now?” Ellie sighed.


    Kaiden stayed silent, his expression icy.


    After a while, he inquired, “So if I ask Carole to leave Harvillston, will you stop making a fuss?”


    “I’m not making a fuss!” Ellie’s tone escted in agitation. “Kaiden, that’s not what I want! Don’t you understand? If you don’t, then you can’t give it to me!”


    “Ellie, how can I know if you don’t exin it to me?” Kaiden frowned.


    What was it that she yearned for but couldn’t receive from him?


    Ellie’s lips were pressed tight as she faced him.


    She wanted him to like her, to cherish her, to be solely hers.


    But could that ever be reality?


    She had dropped hints, questioned his jealousy, yet he remained unresponsive.


    She offered him countless opportunities to choose her, but his choice was always Carole.


    Before Ellie came to know him, it was Carole who shared a childhood and an engagement with Kaiden.


    Ellie refused to belittle herself any further.


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    She needed to maintain some self-respect in her one-sided love.


    “Kaiden, I need to go have dinner. I’m leaving now.” She attempted to loosen his grip, finger by finger, her face set in a mask of determination.


    But her strength was no match for his, and her efforts were futile.


    His grip only tightened, the tension between them rising.


    “Kaiden, let go of me!” Ellie’s anger boiled over, her words sharp and clear. “You repulse me!”


    Abruptly, he released her.


    The Maybach’s rear door stood open. The man inside, usually so self-assured andposed, was struck with confusion.


    Ellie walked over to Howard, who was under the pomegranate tree, and then the two of them disappeared from Kaiden’s view.


    Bruce, noticing Kaiden’sck of movement, carefully shut the car door.


    “Bruce, what did Ellie mean by that?” Kaiden’s voice was tinged with bewilderment.


    Bruce felt a chill. “I… I didn’t hear what she said just now. I was distracted.”


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