The Moment I Stepped Into His World as the Fake Girlfriend, I Became the Real Prize novel Chapter 161

Why didn't she have the slightest lingering affection for him?

As he thought this, the girl, like a caged bird, reminded him word by word, "My boyfriend knows I'm here. It won't be long before... he comes looking for me."

"Xavier, if you kill me, do you really think... you and Sterling can still be brothers?"

In a standoff, the first to blink was the loser.

The hand Xavier used to grip the girl trembled slightly, almost imperceptibly.

Did she honestly believe... he would kill her?

"You're threatening me. Using Sterling to threaten me. You think... relying on him will guarantee your place in the Hawthorne family, so between him and me, you chose him. Is that it?"

The man spoke in a low, suffocatingly dark tone.

The pressure on Elena's throat was unbearable, so she simply ignored him.

"Elena, don't even think about it."

Taking her silence as an admission, a ruthless edge bled into his voice. "As long as I'm around, trash like you will never be a part of the Hawthorne family."

Since she already viewed him as a monster.

He might as well act like one.

A soft drop sounded.

A single drop of warm liquid fell onto the back of his hand.

Xavier froze, slowly realizing it was the girl's tear, and his grip instinctively loosened. "Why are you crying? I barely used any force."

She said nothing, weeping in silence.

"Babe, don't play games with me. I know you way better than Sterls does. I won't fall for this."

During their time together, she had always been gentle, rational, and completely clear-headed.

He was supposed to be her boyfriend, financially supported by her.

But she never interfered in his business.

Where he went, who he saw, what he did—she almost never asked.

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