Dangerous Love: You Are My One and Only Bride novel Chapter 766

He put his knife and fork down and looked at her. “Now that we’re on the subject, let me clarify this with you, all at once. That’s how I used to think; I never planned on trusting any other woman. Of course, I only saw you as a child at the time, a strange, good-looking child… As you slowly grew older, I realized that my feelings for you had changed. One day, an idea came to me — if I raised you on my own, you would turn out to be pretty obedient and would not betray me. From that day onwards, I waited for the day you would become an adult. Unfortunately… you later fell in love with someone else. How could someone like me possibly put up with having someone else take away what should be rightfully mine? About Will… You’re not still hating me over that, are you? That’s fine too. It won’t matter once you’ve fallen in love with me completely. Let me reiterate once more, I don’t have any weird kinks. The first time I developed feelings for you was after you’d already entered puberty. You were not considered a ‘kid’ by then. I’m only ten years older than you, so put your suspicions away and stop imagining things!”

Did she still hate him over what happened with Will?

Arianne asked herself the same question. Now, her answer was — no.

At the time, she was a little repulsed. Her revolt came purely from the fact that she refused to be manipulated by him, not simply because of Will.

Now that she thought of it, her feelings for Will were largely different from her feelings for Mark. She was even beginning to wonder if she really loved Will at all. Perhaps she did, but it was only puppy love, nothing but a crush, not exactly love. All she could say was that Will had tugged at her heartstrings before.

Mark’s candidness had brought on her honesty. “I just hate being controlled and manipulated by you. I didn’t hate you just because of Will. Besides, I don’t hate you anymore. Will has his own life now, and we’ve been living our own lives in peace. There’s nothing to regret.”

Mark was very happy with her answer. The curve of the smile on his face was very natural. “That’s good. He’s married now. I think his child will be born a few months before ours. I heard about it during my last business trip out of the country; I did not procure this information on purpose.”

He paid close attention to the change of expressions on her face as they spoke, but she seemed normal. “That’s good. I’d feel burdened if he never got married or had kids. This is good…”