Chapter 89: Naomi Got Dumped

If I really wanted money, I could have asked him for it from the first time we slept together. But I didn’t. Tonight, I wasn’t here to fight. I wasn’t here to argue. I just wanted to talk to him calmly, maybe find some middle ground. He might be controlling, but I knew there was still a part of him that wasn’t completely cold. Arthur stood across from me, his eyes scanning me like a searchlight. He didn’t speak, but those brown eyes were churning. I couldn’t guess what was coming next. “If you’re thinking about being my girlfriend, forget it. That’s never going to happen. I can give you a lot of things, but not that. The woman I marry will never be someone like you. Serena Cole, you need to learn to be satisfied with what you have.” The words cut like a blade. In his eyes, I was worthless. But if I was so beneath him, why couldn’t he let me go? He had a world of beautiful, accomplished women chasing after him. Any one of them would put me to shame. So why me? Why was he holding on? “I