Mia's eyes widened in shock. "What are you saying?" she shrieked. "Tom, have you gone mad?! I'm your destined mate! How could you betray me like this?" Tom let out a short, hollow laugh. "Mate?" he repeated coldly. "Mia, we never truly completed the ceremony, have you forgotten? There's nothing for me to betray." "Mia..." his voice lowered. "You've always known this." Her lips trembled, unable to believe the man before her would say such things. As a lord, he was utterly shameless. "I never loved you," Tom continued, his tone merciless. "I merely convinced myself that time and power would make me forget Lorraine, and I only used you." He turned to me, his gaze filled with remorse. "Until today," he said hoarsely, "until I saw you standing beside someone who truly cherishes you, I finally understood what I had lost." "Lorraine," he whispered, almost breaking down, "I regret not choosing you, choosing someone I didn't love." Mia's expression twisted into pure rage. As a pure-
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