Chapter 240 The man standing before her was a stranger who hated her. She began to shake. The defiance drained out of her, replaced by a hollow, pathetic desperation. “I… I had to,” she sobled, her voice cracking. “My father… the will was clear. I had to be engaged, I had to be settled, or everything would go to the wrong hands. I was going to lose it all, Nathan! Everything I worked for!” “So you stole a man?” Nathan asked, his voice dripping with disgust. “You found a man with a shattered mind and decided he was a convenient accessory for your portfolio?” “It wasn't just that!” Carmen cried, reaching out to him, though she didn't dare touch him. “I grew to love you! You were kind, you were stable… you were everything the men in my world aren't. I thought if I kept you long enough, if I made you happy enough, it wouldn't matter that it started with a lie! I was content with you!” “You were content with a ghost,” Nathan said coldly. “You were content with a man whose soul w
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