Shouldn't he have accepted without hesitation?
Now, Gregory's Enterprises is in shambles and on the verge of bankruptcy. Marrying him would not only save the company, but also fulfill her wish of many years.
However, instead, he proposed to dissolve their engagement in front of her.
At first, she even tried to put Edric off by suggesting they have a child together.
He wasn't un-disappointed. All these years, she had been compromising him, but he never thought that one day, she could even compromise their child, and for another man at that.
Perhaps she truly loved Edric to the bone. Otherwise, how could she have said such things, made such decisions?
In an instant, Steve Burton's throat felt somewhat congested. He leaned back slowly in the car, closed his eyes, and didn't turn off the engine.
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