Five Years Wasted Now They Beg Her Back novel Chapter 152

“Grace, back then, in my dark and hopeless life, you were the only light.”

Grace never knew he had gone through such a painful experience.

Damien smiled self-deprecatingly and continued.

“Later, I was taken abroad by some of my grandfather’s old allies. I studied and worked myself to the bone, just so I could come back sooner, so I could… stand by your side.”

“When I returned, I looked into everything about you. I learned about your situation with the Hart family, about your marriage to Ethan.”

“I saw how you donated bone marrow for them, how you broke your leg, only to be cast aside like trash. I wanted to… kill them.”

“So, I paid off someone close to Lilian and got all the evidence of how she framed you.”

“I even… I even anticipated that you would be framed for plagiarism.”

With every word he spoke, Grace’s face grew paler.

So even her most painful experiences had been part of his calculations.

Seeing the coldness creep into her eyes, Damien felt as if his heart was being squeezed in a vice.

He started to panic.

He grabbed her hand, explaining urgently.

“Grace, listen to me! I know, I know what I did was despicable! I used your pain to make you leave them and come closer to me.”

“But watching them torture you, I was going crazy! This was the only way I could think of to pull you out of that cesspool for good.”

“I admit, at first, I was thinking of repaying my debt to you. But later, I realized I was wrong.”

“My feelings for you were never about repayment.”

“I love you, Grace. From ten years ago, when you pushed that pen into my hand—no, maybe even earlier, from the first time I saw you reading quietly in the hallway, I fell in love with you.”

“Everything I’ve done, it wasn’t to repay a debt. It was to… have you.”

“I’m sorry I deceived you. If you think I’m despicable, if you think I’m terrifying, you can… leave me.”

His voice trembled as he spoke those last three words.

“If anything, I should be angry that you didn’t tell me sooner.”

“You made me… wait for you for so long.”

Her voice was as light as a feather on that last sentence.

Damien was stunned.

What… what did he just hear?

“Grace, what… what did you just say?”

“I said,” Grace looked at his dazed expression, finding it both amusing and endearing. She cupped his face and said clearly, word by word, “I love you, Damien.”

“Not because you saved me from that nightmare, not because of everything you’ve done for me.”

“But because you’re Damien.”

“Before I even realized it, I had already fallen in love with you.”