He Scorned Me, Now I’m a CEO He Can’t Afford Chapter 42

He Scorned Me, Now I’m a CEO He Can’t Afford Chapter 42

The moment he said the words, the world went silent.

The workers stopped whispering.

Molly covered her mouth, her eyes wide.

Even the wind off the river seemed to hold its breath.

Everyone was waiting for Lena’s reaction.

A man who had chased her here in a private plane.

A tall, handsome ranch heir.

A public declaration of love.

For anyone else, it would have been a scene from a movie.

But Lena’s reaction was unnervingly calm.

She didn’t cry.

She didn’t rage.

She wasn’t moved.

She simply looked at Wyatt, her eyes a placid, empty surface.

Wyatt’s heart, which had been hammering in his chest, began to slow.

In her eyes, he saw nothing he was hoping for.

“I don’t,” Lena said.

“What did you say?” He could barely believe it, his voice dry and strained.

Lena looked at him and repeated, her voice perfectly clear.

“Wyatt, I don’t love you anymore.”

It was true.

When Hank had told her Wyatt was searching for her, a small, forgotten part of her had stirred.

But now, with him standing right in front of her, saying the words she had once dreamed of hearing, she felt nothing. Not a single ripple.

No matter how fiercely a fire burns, it can’t survive being doused with humiliation, distrust, and betrayal again and again.

That final act—letting her take the fall—had burned her feelings for him down to ash.