#Chapter 103: To Be Loved in the Worst Way

Baron told me he loved me. He said he always had, even when he knew I was with Ethan. He said he loved me, and I didn’t say it back. I couldn’t even stomach the idea of loving someone like Baron back. “Baron said he loves me,” I told Andrew one night over dinner. My mother took dinner in her room, she was having a hard time adjusting to seeing Andrew so casually after everything he’d done to her in their past, and Baron was always doing work things in the evenings. Dinner was always just Andrew and I. “I thought he might have had a crush on you,” Andrew mused with a smile as he dug into his steak. “I saw the way he was looking at you a few times. He’s a good man.” I swallowed a sip of my drink to soothe the burning emotions in my throat. He was not a good man, and neither was Andrew. However, I had to keep up appearances so I played along. “Do I have your blessing to pursue a relationship with him after my divorce with Ethan is finalized?” I batted my eyelashes and