Chapter 160

He battled the urge to pull her into his arms, hands clenched tightly at his sides. Jareth's lips curled into a mocking smirk as he spoke again, cold and sharp as ever. "What? Don't tell me you thought everything I did was because I fell for you? Come on, don't kid yourself. You mean nothing to me. If you weren't pregnant, and if it weren't for our families, you think I'd even bother being this nice to you?" He stuck to the decision he'd made from the start - act like he didn't care, pretend it didn't hurt, ignore the look in her eyes. As his words landed, Celestia could almost hear the sound of something shattering - her own heart. The way he looked at her, like she was worthless, stabbed right through her chest. The pain spread fast, so sharp it left her numb. So she'd really been deluding herself this whole time. She thought he'd changed. But no, he hadn't. If anything, he was colder now than he'd ever been. When she didn't respond, Jareth gave her a sidelong glance, amusement tuggi