Chapter 784 You''ve Always Belonged To Me


    A bitter smirk yed across Linsey''s lips, her eyes sharp with distrust and simmering with quiet rage. "Do you seriously think people crave your attention?" she said, her voice like ice. "Get over yourself, Gorman You''re not some gift to the world. Right now, all I see is someone I can''t stand to be near."


    Gorman didn''t respond right away. His gaze lingered on her, swirling with a mix of things he never put into


    words


    "I''ve been by your side for years, waiting, giving everything-and you call that disgusting? All I''m doing now is reiming what''s mine. And this is the thanks I get?" he said, sounding almost wounded.


    A deep crease appeared between Linsey''s brows. Her voice turned stiff, disbelieving "What exactly are you reiming?*


    That question made something shift in him. The tension in his face melted into a grin, slow, almost pleased.


    He said, "You''ve always belonged to me. You just never realized it."


    Linsey''sposure finally cracked. Her voice rose, sharp and furious. "You''re out of your damn mind."


    For a second, she fought to steady herself, her chest rising and falling as she breathed through the fury. "I already know where this is going. You''ll bring up how


    I saved your life. Or maybe you''ll say you loved me before Collin ever showed up."


    That name struck him like a nerve exposed. It never failed to cut deep.


    His expression soured on the spot, the bitterness wing its way to the surface.


    By now, his obsession had consumed him whole. He had stayed by her side for four years, swallowing his pride, pretending not to see that the children she protected didn''t carry his blood, but Collin''s. And still, he treated them like they were his own.


    It hadn''t even been a full week since Linsey returned to Grester with the kids, yet Collin had already found a way under her skin again. She had handed Zander over to him without hesitation-just to protect the boy from Gorman''s reach.


    The more Gorman mulled it over, the more it all felt like a cruel joke.


    Gorman couldn''t wrap his head around it. Why was she so willing to reveal Zander and Zenia to Collin as if it were some long-awaited reunion?


    "I''ve told you this again and again, Gorman." Her voice held firm, but her eyes wavered. "Collin being around not changes nothing. You and I were never meant to be."


    "Stop lying!" Gorman''s voice exploded, shattering the air between them.


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    The sudden fury in his tone made Linsey flinch before she even realized she had moved


    His features twisted violently. The anger in him was thick and consuming, filling the space live survive


    "How much longer are you going to do this? How many times are you going to pretend i don''t exist, while running back to a man who left you?" Blood rushed to his eyes, casting them a dangerous red His jaw clenched, and his cheek twitched like something was barely being held back. "If your love for Collin was real, why you walk away from him in the first ce? Why end the marriage at all?"


    Then came theughter-dark, unhinged, and full of something that made linsey''s stomach twist. "That divorce wasn''t an ending. It was fate that cracked open a door for you and me. Don''t you see it, Linsey? You were never meant to stay with him. You were meant to be mine. You have to know that."


    Curled beneath the covers, Linsey sank deeper into the bed, as if the fabric could protect her from what wasing. Tremors ran through her limbs; small, constant, and fueled by fear, she couldn''t hold back


    She forced her trembling to stop, muscles tight with effort. A sharp breath slipped out as she clenched her ju. She finally said, "Gorman, why is this so hard for you to ept? Even if Collin vanished from my lifepletely, I still wouldn''t choose you. You can''t twist feelings into something they''re not. I really believed you''d understand that by now-after everything, after four years."


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