After All the Hurt, She Chose Herself novel Chapter 260

He used to think he would love Ivy forever, but he hadn't realized that his heart had quietly gravitated toward Aria.

Maybe it had happened even earlier...

Back when they were building the business together, he had always admired her. Even Lilith used to say that Aria seemed "different" to him.

He hadn't noticed it then, but looking back, she really was.

He would eagerly drink the hangover broth she made and eat the lunches she brought him, but if any other assistant had done the same, he would have suspected they had an ulterior motive.

In the beginning, Aria had closed a massive deal and earned a three-thousand-dollar commission. To him, it was pocket change, but she had been thrilled for days.

She even bought him a tie with it.

Gideon touched the tie around his neck. If Aria was just a regular employee, a cheap fifty-dollar tie wouldn't even be fit to polish his shoes, let alone be carefully preserved in his closet.

Gideon snapped a picture of it and sent it to Aria.

[Gideon: The tie. I really love it. I've kept it all this time, along with the cufflinks you gave me. Honey, I miss you so much.]

[Aria: Throw them in the trash.]

Gideon: ...

On the other side of the city, Ivy stared at her screen, her knuckles turning white as she thought of how close Aria and Raphael looked.

After all these years, she assumed that even if Raphael hadn't died, he'd be a sickly, bedridden mess. She never expected him to look the picture of perfect health.

Before his illness, Raphael had been aggressively groomed as the Evernight family's primary heir.

Gideon was excellent, but compared to Raphael, he always fell slightly short.

If she was going to marry, she was going to marry the absolute best.

And now Gideon had the nerve to reject her.

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