Chapter 46: I let you go.

Chapter 46: I let you go.

"What good is love?" Denis scoffed with cynicism. "Can it bring your father back to consciousness? Can it pay his medical bills? Love doesn’t exist, Anne. It’s all just a transaction—give and take. You do something for me, and I return the favor. That’s how the world works."

He took a step closer, his gaze dark and insistent. "Where is love in any of that? Come back to me. Be mine like before, and I’ll give you everything you want. Money, power—name it, and it’s yours. That’s the only thing that really matters."

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