The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 728

"Selena, are you still insisting on this divorce?" Ferris's dark eyes slowly brimmed with absolute sorrow. "Do you really not want me anymore?"

God, this man knew exactly how to dismantle my defenses.

It was as if he knew I didn't have the heart to be truly cruel to him, or maybe he knew I couldn't bear to leave him suffering alone.

Looking into his mournful, slightly red-rimmed eyes, I had to admit my resolve was crumbling.

I pressed my lips into a tight line, lowered my gaze, and gave him a hard pinch, gritting my teeth. "I shouldn't have even come to check on you!"

"Selena, Leon is never going to marry you. He has a woman he already loves, and his family has lined up a strategic marriage for him. He doesn't genuinely care about you, and he definitely wouldn't wage war against his own family for your sake. If you choose him, you'll end up with neither the man nor the security," Ferris said, not even flinching at the pinch, dropping into a deeply serious analysis.

"And don't even get me started on Caspian. He approached you with an agenda. His motives are entirely calculated. There's no future for you there..."

"That's enough, Ferris." He was dragging them into this again, and I absolutely refused to listen to another word of it.

"Alright, I won't talk about them," Ferris conceded immediately. Then, without warning, he pulled me into a tight embrace. "But Honey, if you stay with me, you get the man, the love, and the money. Everything I own is yours. Please, just stop looking at other men, okay?"

I took a deep breath.

He actually thought my concerns about his "career" were a cover for how it would affect my image in front of other men.

"Ferris," I began slowly.

His expression shifted instantly. He looked at me with cautious, almost fearful eyes. After a long pause, he murmured, "I was wrong. I messed up worse than you can imagine. If you truly can't forgive me and still insist on the divorce, I can accept that."

What?

He was actually agreeing to the divorce?

That was the most shocking thing I had heard all day.