The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In novel Chapter 1037

Chapter 1037 No Turning Back

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She hadn’t done a single thing wrong, so she wasn’t about to let him act like she was the one bullying him.

Dan closed his eyes in pain. “Am I really that irredeemable to you?”

He remembered everything now. For him, it was agonizing, but for Marie, she had already lived through that pain. Her scars had healed.

“It’s not that you’re irredeemable,” Marie said. “It’s just that I’ve already fallen in love with someone else.”

This was the most hurtful thing a woman could say to a man. This felt far more lethal than being told she would hate him for the rest of her life.

“Besides, you weren’t exactly lonely after your little fake death stunt, were you?” Marie continued. “While I was losing my mind, you had Ella by your side, didn’t you?”

“I-”

“But Derrick was the one who helped me through that time.”

That’s right, Derrick. During her darkest days, Derrick was constantly at the Dawson family home, appearing almost every single day. His excuse back then was always that he was there to see Stella. Abraham had kicked him out more than a few times for it.

Though he used Stella as a front, he had actually spent every visit by Marie’s side, talking to her for hours on end. He was a man known for his sharp tongue, yet during that entire period, he hadn’t said anything hurtful to her.

He had hidden it well. Everyone thought he was interested in Stella, but in reality, he was there for her.

Hearing this, Dan’s breathing became ragged and shallow.

Derrick… So, Derrick was there for her during my absence?

“Have I made myself clear today? Can you stop the car now?” Marie asked.

Her tone was so final, so resolute, that Dan felt a crushing sense of distance. There was no hatred, no lingering resentment. But it was that very lack of emotion, that total detachment, that made him feel like he was suffocating.

“But you don’t love Derrick,” he managed to choke out. His gaze dropped to her stomach. “Even this child was an accident.”

He was convinced she didn’t love him and that the pregnancy was just a fluke. In his mind, there was no way she could stay with Derrick long–term.

“Who says I don’t love him? Maybe I’ve loved him for a long time and just didn’t realize it myself.

“No, you couldn’t possibly love him! Marie, I know you.”

“No, you don’t!”

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Chapter 1037 No Turning Back

“I do!”

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“You don’t know anything about me! Seriously, you’re driving me crazy. Are you sick or something?”

Being hounded like this was making Marie lose her mind. All she could think about was that if Derrick found out Dan had come looking for her again, she would be in deep trouble. A jealous man was the hardest thing in the world to soothe.

Marie’s eyes turned cold. “You clearly never understood one thing: once I decide to let go, there is absolutely no turning back.”

Her statement hit Dan’s heart like a volley of needles. She said there was no turning back… She…

Dan felt as though he couldn’t draw enough air into his lungs. “I had my reasons, Marie. The situation within the Ashen Pact was incredibly complex at the time. Artemis, she—”

“What kind of reason is too big for the Dawson family to handle for you?” Marie interrupted, her voice was extremely cold.

What reason could the Dawson family not settle? None

“Let’s call it what it was. It was because of Ella. Don’t think for a second I don’t know about everything that happened between you two.”

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