The Rose He Showed Off Is Putting Down Roots in a Garden of Her Own novel Chapter 275

With Elara's eyes red from crying, Zane secured the perfect, unassailable excuse.

"Your eyes are all swollen. You shouldn't go back tonight, you'll just worry your mom. Stay at my place."

Elara didn't object.

To prove he wasn't just trying to sleep with her, Zane didn't pounce on her the moment they walked through the door. He was a perfect gentleman all the way up until they showered and got into bed.

Elara took the initiative, curling into his arms, resting her head against his chest. She just held him, listening to the steady, reassuring thud of his heartbeat.

After a long time, she murmured, "Zion, I have regrets."

"I regret never turning around to look at you all those years. I can't even picture what you looked like each year."

"I missed you in your twenties, and I missed the first half of your thirties."

"I have no way to repay you for all those years of hopeless pining..."

As she spoke, fresh tears slipped from her eyes, dampening the skin of his chest.

Zane hugged her tighter, his voice a soft, comforting rumble. "Why does that matter? I live in the present."

"If the ending of a story isn't perfect, it just means the story isn't over yet."

"So, our story is the real ending."

Elara's tears fell fast and heavy. Since the night Julian kicked her out of the car after Silas's birthday banquet, Zane had rarely seen her cry.

It shattered his heart, but it also brought him peace.

If the ending wasn't perfect, it just meant it wasn't the end.

And finally, he had waited until the end for her.

Zane tipped her chin up, coaxing her softly. "Stop crying, my beautiful girl. When you look at me with those teary eyes, it only makes me want to bully you. I want to take you... all night long."

She was pouring her heart out in absolute agony, and his mind was strictly in the gutter.

Furious, Elara reached up and pinched his chest hard. Still feeling unsatisfied, she pinched him again.

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