Chapter 12

Ronan's brows knitted. None of this made any sense to him. Marissa kept talking anyway, and her tone grew sharper by the second. "But let me be clear. I'm the Hart Group's heiress. And you? You might be a CEO, but at the end of the day, you're just someone working for my family. "We're worlds apart, so stop dreaming! I'm not going with you!" The moment the words landed, there was a dead hush in the room. The shock on Ronan's face faded into something complicated before finally going blank. His gaze hardened, and a cold laugh escaped him. He never expected the woman who once shared her last half of a dry bread roll with him and held his hand through the worst days of his life to become so materialistic. The woman in front of him felt like a stranger. A wave of disgust washed over him. Ronan didn't argue. He turned and walked out without looking back. Bennett approached Ronan. "Mr. Sterling, the guests are basically all here. We can start the engagement banquet." "We're not st