Mitchelâs thin lips parted slightly.
He replied, âDonât bother.
â
Mitchel knew better than anyone why Raegan was acting this way.
Her actions were not driven by anger or jealousy.
In truth, she despised everyone around him because she disliked him.
Oblivious to Mitchelâs thoughts, Katie took his words as surficial meaning and was delighted, thinking he was siding with her and deemed Raegan being unreasonable.
The more unreasonable Raegan acted, the more magnanimous she had to be.
Affecting a concerned expression, Katie murmured, âDonât take Raeganâs words too personally.
Iâm sure she didnât intend for them to be hurtful.
â
Again, her words were delicately chosen.
While her words appeared comforting on the surface, they were making Mitchel replay Raeganâs words in his mind.
After all, Raegan just called Mitchel a lame thing.
Mitchel had never been described with such an adjective in his life.
If he was a lame thing, then there was no good thing in this world.
Mitchel didnât bother looking at Katie and warned, âShe doesnât like you.
You should avoid her in the future and not make her angry.
â
Katie was stunned.
The smile on her face froze.
She thought she must have misheard.
âMitchel, what do you mean?â
Mitchel stared at Katie.
âIâm pursuing her now, so I donât want any unnecessary misunderstandings.
Since she doesnât like you, just give her a wide berth and avoid her from now on.
â
This time, there was no way Katie could misunderstand his words.
Instantly, she felt as if she had been slapped in public.
Katie flushed hot with embarrassment.
As an heiress of a prominent family and vice president of a renowned company, she had to steer clear of a relatively unknown design director.
Not only that, but she also had to make way for Raegan when she saw Raegan! She couldnât comprehend the logic behind this.
Despite her usual etiquette and generosity, Katie couldnât shake the feeling of dissatisfaction at the current situation.
Katieâs smile vanished as she fought to control her emotions.
âMitchel, did you ever consider my feelings?â
Katieâs words carried a touch of grievance.
This wasnât something she aimed for after enduring so much these years.
Katie came from a decent family.
Marrying into wealth was no challenging task for her.
But for the public to get the wrong id ea of her being Mitchelâs fiancée, she put up with the coverage of belittling her for her failure to marry Mitchel.
She did it all for Mitchel.
She was dead set on marrying him.
To her, Mitchelâs wealth and power were just the cherry on top.
She had fallen for him for years.
She was certain no one in the world could love Mitchel more than she did.
Mitchel looked up at Katie, his words cold and unyielding.
âIâve decided to win Raegan back,â he declared.
âIâll talk to my mother.
If you find it hard to convince your parents, Iâll handle it.
Donât worry.
Iâll take all the blame, so your reputation wonât suffer.
â His tone left no room for discussion.
Katie realized the more content she had felt moments earlier, the more humiliated she felt now.
In essence, Mitchel was telling Katie that she was no longer useless to him.
After all, he had opposed the marriage with her all along.