Free Web NovelChapter 425: Chapter 425: Saying I Love You From This Moment On (25)
"Something like that?" Tiana looked up, her eyes red, and said coldly, "So, besides gambling, what else did you do?"
"If I told you, would you believe me?" Leo Joyce’s brow furrowed as he looked down at her intently.
"No," Tiana answered directly, without the slightest hesitation.
Leo Joyce sighed in resignation. "Then I guess I won’t say anything."
As soon as she heard Leo Joyce’s words, Tiana struggled to get out of his arms. "Fine, don’t talk. Who cares what you have to say? Let me down. I can walk on my own."
"Okay, okay, I’ll talk. Just don’t be angry."
"Then talk..." Tiana lifted her chin, staring at him coldly.
A knowing smile touched Leo Joyce’s lips. He leaned down and kissed her, then smiled roguishly. "On one condition: you can’t let your imagination run wild. You can only trust me."
"..." Tiana didn’t answer, simply staring at him without blinking, her gaze urging him to hurry up and speak.
"I’ve seen Amelia twice. I swear, only twice! The first time, she came to me and asked for my help investigating something. The second time was today, but I was the one who went to see her." ƒгeewebnovёl.com
"..." Tiana Grayson said nothing. Her eyes red, she bit her lip and lowered her head.
"Aside from gambling, I spent the rest of the time helping Amelia with her investigation. Tiana, do you believe me?"
"Mm..." Tiana murmured, her head still bowed, but tears began to fall uncontrollably.
Seeing Tiana’s bowed head, Leo Joyce knew she was hurt again. He sighed in resignation. "Tiana, I don’t want to hide anything from you, and I don’t want any distance or misunderstandings to come between us. From now on, no matter what you do or say, I’ll always trust you, too."
Tiana lifted her tear-filled eyes and called out his name, her voice choked with sobs, "Leo..."
"Don’t cry. I know exactly what I want, and that’s to be with you."
Tiana said through aggrieved tears, "I believe you, but you can’t expect me not to be upset..." ’Was she supposed to hear that he went to see Amelia and then cheerfully tell him she trusted him?’ freёwebnoѵel.com
’She couldn’t be that magnanimous!’
’Even knowing that Amelia Avery would never, ever like Leo Joyce, even knowing that nothing was possible between them, she still felt her heart ache...’
Leo Joyce’s brow furrowed with heartache. He coaxed her with a gentle, smiling voice, "Alright, I know you believe me. And I know you’re only this upset because you care about me and like me. So, it’s all my fault. Everything is my fault. You can hit me or yell at me, whatever you want. Just please don’t cry, okay?"
Tiana had been crying aggrievedly, but as she listened to Leo, a laugh escaped through her tears. Pouting, she retorted, "Who cares about you? Who likes you? I don’t care about you, and I certainly don’t like you."
"I read in a book that women always say the opposite of what they mean, especially to the person they love. So, that means you do care about me, and you do like me."
"You narcissist! So shameless! I’m not saying the opposite of what I mean." Tiana couldn’t help but laugh again as she turned her head away, feigning anger.
Seeing that the woman in his arms was no longer angry, the tension in Leo Joyce’s heart finally began to ease.
He held her even tighter as he left the campus gates, walking briskly toward the sports car parked on the main road.
After settling her in the car and fastening her seatbelt, he leaned in and couldn’t resist planting a kiss on her cheek. He spoke with a roguish grin, "To make it up to my little princess, for today and tomorrow, I am all yours."
