He Never Noticed Me Until I Loved Someone Else novel Chapter 168

Stella shook her head, a sad, ethereal smile touching her lips. "You made the logical choice. And honestly, I know if my life were in danger, you'd stay with me.

Over the past three years, you never cheated, you provided an astronomical allowance, and you always had your assistants send holiday gifts. Since you returned, you've protected me and given me an undeniable status. By all societal metrics, you are an exemplary husband.

I believe you'd only get better. If I never brought up divorce, we'd probably coast through the rest of our lives comfortably together."

But that was a glittering, hollow cage she refused to die in. She was exhausted from having to share a man's attention.

She craved an all-consuming, fiercely exclusive love.

And that was the one currency the billionaire didn't possess.

He might harbor some affection for her, but it was heavily laced with toxic possessiveness and mere habit.

"So, it's a 'me' problem. These past three years have been agonizing. Every single day was a tightrope walk. Whether I was dealing with your family or mine, I was terrified of breathing wrong and making a fatal mistake."

Her voice softened into a wistful sigh. "I just want to breathe. I want to live a relaxed life, chase my own passions, and eventually, if fate allows, settle down with a perfectly normal man."

"A 'normal man' like Logan?" Jarrod spat, his voice dropping into a lethal sneer.

He hadn't intended to drag the other man into this. To him, a pathetic leech who relied on women was lower than dirt, and his overwhelming pride usually forbade him from even acknowledging such a creature's existence.

But hearing her fantasize about building a future in another man's bed completely shattered his ironclad control.

Now that the venom was out, he refused to take it back. He glared down at her, a cruel, mocking smirk twisting his lips. "If he's your gold standard, I suppose I fail miserably at being that 'normal'."

The sheer, dripping condescension was impossible to miss.

She was still trapped flush against his body, surrounded by his intoxicating scent, but the fragile intimacy between them instantly frosted over.

Stella violently shoved his arms away, breaking his hold. "He just lost his memories. He's not the monster you think he is."

Pivoting on her heel, she stormed up the steps and marched straight inside.

Leaving Jarrod standing utterly alone in the frigid air, a murderous storm brewing in his eyes.

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