Semua Bab Love You Like I Used To? Forget It!: Bab 441 - Bab 450

"Yes," I answered.William stared at me—just stared unreadably at me for a long while. Suddenly, his expression broke into a devastatingly charming smile."Then, let's get married," he said.I was taken aback at first. Then, my eyes widened in shock. It was as though I had just heard the most ridiculous suggestion.No, I really had! Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined something like this happening.I stood frozen for a very long time before I returned to my senses."You must be joking, Mr. Ashford," I said.Naturally, I assumed William was kidding. Never mind everything else—he had just been trying to persuade me to give Noah a chance. So, how could he possibly turn around and want to marry me now? Hence, no matter how I looked at it, William was just joking with me.I looked at him with a gaze that said not to make jokes like this.However, when William met my gaze, he spoke with complete seriousness. "I'm not joking—I meant every word."I was stunned again by h

"Not good enough for me?" William huffed in amusement before continuing, "You see yourself as a divorcée—then, what about me? "I'm in my 30s. And with my status, do you think I've never been with a woman before? Not only have I been with women, but I've been with several."William wasn't the affectionate type. But we all knew this world wasn't black and white.When his brother and his wife died, they had left him to carry the Ashford family at a young age. Barely a teenager, William had to fight tooth and nail to survive.For him to have reached his current position, he couldn't possibly have remained pure. William had used everything he could, so he was never a good man to begin with."As for your babies, it's precisely because you're pregnant with them that I decided to propose to you," William added.I was dumbfounded. I didn't understand why my pregnancy would make him decide to marry me.Squaring his shoulders, William said, "My brother and his wife died saving me. They co

I couldn't help taking a few steps back.Seeing this, Henry said, "Is that necessary? I'm still your biological father, no matter what. Do you really think I'd hurt you? Besides, if I wanted to, do you really think you'd still be alive right now?"The corners of my mouth twitched involuntarily. I wanted to retort, but upon remembering the numerous instant-kill drugs he had access to, I ultimately bit my tongue."Why are you here?" I asked."Ava's recovery should be proof enough that I can cure her. So, have you thought about the research project I mentioned before?" Henry answered.I set my bag down on the side cabinet. "I recall already turning you down."Henry frowned. "You should know, Emilia, that I can just as easily kill Ava if I can heal her.""I do, but what's that got to do with me?" I quipped.I knew Henry couldn't do anything to Ava with William around.He clearly hadn't expected me to say that. He shot up from the couch in disbelief. "How can you be so unabashedly

From a young age, every man Grace had met had been the same. They would do anything for personal interest and had never refused a woman who offered herself to them. Even if there wasn't one knocking on their door, they would still find ways to cheat.Irvin, on the other hand, was unlike any of the men Grace had ever met.When he and I divorced, Irvin had unhesitatingly handed me the empire he had worked hard to build. And when he had been seriously injured, not even the best hypnotist could hypnotize him into falling in love with another woman.Other men would cheat on their wives repeatedly after their first offence. Yet, Irvin's hair had turned white overnight. He really made it hard for a woman not to fall for him or yearn to be loved as purely as he did.Despite everything Irvin had done to me, Grace could tell his intense hatred for me stemmed from how deeply he loved me. It was because he loved me too much that he could hate me to the point of being cruel. It was also why I

That criminal organization had been trying to get me to join their research project because they wanted to develop a new AI chip. Using existing neural chip technology as a foundation, they wanted me to research and develop one that could control the human brain's neural signals.With it, that criminal organization would be able to ensure complete allegiance and total obedience from its members. Not only that, they could also implant it into specific targets of their choosing to allow them to control even more people. That was something I absolutely refused to do. So, even though they used Cordelia and her entire family to threaten me, I still couldn't agree to it. That being said, I also refused to allow anything to happen to her and her family members. Hence, I scrambled all over and pulled every string I could to try and create a protective shield around them.It just so happened Cordelia was in Lestoria to settle a few things. So, I immediately flew there to inform her of the