Chapter 296

Abruptly, Millie lifted her head from her coffee and directed her gaze towards him.

However, after a few fleeting moments, Millie gently shook her head.

“| won't be fooled. Even Miss Rayne couldn’t soften you. How can | possibly succeed?”

The joviality on Leon's face quickly disappeared. He paused his egg-peeling.

“You know?”

Millie was taken aback by his reaction. A wave of fear passed through her, but she decided there was no point in hiding.

“Yes, | know. | saw it by chance when | visited a friend at the hospital yesterday. | didn’t intentionally investigate.”

“Do you consider me selfish?” Leon asked casually.

Millie pondered over the change in the man’s demeanor. Typically, he avoided interactions with her, yet today, he engaged in

extended conversation. Could his behavior be influenced by Miss Rayne’s suicide?

“You want the truth?” Millie asked. “I don’t think Miss Rayne’s sacrifice was worth it”

Agirl slashing her own wrist must have immense desperation. This man must have deeply disappointed her.

Suddenly, Leon sneered, “Would it be better for her to marry me and live like a widow or to wait for a worthy person and move

on? What's best for her?”

Millie was stunned, her eyes inadvertently scanning Leon’s form. The news was explosive. Such an attractive man was unable to

have sex. It seemed like such a waste.

“What do you mean by being a widow?”

Observing the startled expression on Millie's countenance, he deduced her misconception. Being subjected to such questioning

didn’t sit well with the man, as evidenced by the slight furrowing of his brow.

“Do you think I’m impotent?”

Millie quickly averted her gaze and asked, “What did you mean by that?”

Suddenly, she recalled Delmor’s words from yesterday.

“Do you have someone else in your heart? Is that why you didn’t like Miss Rayne?”

Millie asked tentatively.

Leon experienced a brief moment of astonishment, seemingly taken aback by Millie’s unexpected query. His mind drifted away

momentarily, lost in thought.

Meanwhile, Millie exuded an exuberance akin to that of a radiant sunflower, blossoming under the sun’s warmth. If Aisha were

still among the living, she would likely be of a similar age to Millie. Like Millie, she possessed a pair of eyes that gazed at him

with a shy yet endearing allure.