The One He Dismissed Became The One He Died For novel Chapter 256

Claire froze. So that was what happened. She narrowed her eyes slightly. "Listening to you say that, it almost sounds like you were disappointed."

"Were you heartbroken that you didn't get to eat the soup I brought you?"

She curled her lips into a bright, crescent-eyed smile. "Dr. Zimmerman, did you actually have a little crush on me back then?"

"No."

Miles lowered his eyes, taking a bite of his food as he denied it.

After all, to be precise, it wasn't back then. It was ten years ago.

Marmalade trotted in from the living room, swishing his tail as he tried to jump onto the bed, eager to snuggle up to Miles after not seeing him for so long. Claire snatched him right out of the air.

"Stop making a fuss. Your dad is still sick."

At the word "dad," Miles's fingers paused on his spoon, and the faintest hint of a smile ghosted across his lips.

Claire sat on the edge of the bed scrolling through her phone when a Social Media Feed notification popped up.

[Massive Empire City Gossip!]

She tapped on it. The headline ended with a bright red "Breaking" tag.

[Reliable inside source! A top-tier elite family in the Empire City circle, the kind that forms the backbone of the national economy! Overnight, the heir was officially disowned by his own father, kicked out of the game, and forced to give up all inheritance rights. Word is, it was all over a woman.]

The secrets of the ultra-rich were always hot topics for the public, and the comment section was already an absolute warzone of wild speculation.

Claire crossed her legs, shoving the phone right into Miles's face to share the gossip.

"Hey, hey, hey! Do you have any inside scoop on this? Any idea who it is?"

Miles gave it a flat glance, his expression utterly blank. "Boring."

"Dr. Zimmerman, what do you think a guy like that is after? Throwing away his inheritance, his money, his family, all for a woman. Is he out of his mind?"

Miles kept his eyes down, eating his soup. His voice was as stagnant as a pool of dead water.

"Maybe... he had his reasons."

Claire tossed her phone onto the pillow and scooted closer to him.

"He doesn't want money, he doesn't want his family, he doesn't even want his reputation, all for one woman. Just how gorgeous does she have to be?"

She suddenly leaned in close, her bright, liquid eyes locking onto him.

"Miles Zimmerman, I'm giving you a preemptive warning right now. If you ever go behind my back and hook up with a celebrity, I will destroy you. Do you hear me?"

"If I catch you, you're dead!" Tearing apart mistresses and kicking trashy men to the curb—she was a pro at that!