Chapter 1003

Mayra said, "Why can't you just let me be with him? Why? Gordon has accomplished so much and done so much. Why won't you approve of him?" Anderson snatched the wooden box from Mayra's hands, his fingers threading through the hair at the back of her head. His dark, oppressive gaze locked onto hers as he spoke of his demand, "That's because I can't tolerate the existence of the smallest obstacle. Do you really not understand my intention by now? I'll let go of the past. But I'm the only person allowed to stay by your side after today." Mayra found his words laughable and retorted, "All you want is for me to be your mistress! You want Isabel, and you want me too! Why should you get it? Why should I have to stay by your side and bear the mockery from everyone else in the world? Why should I have to live the rest of my life in humiliation, hiding in the dark?" A trace of emotion flickered in Anderson's eyes. "With me here, no one will dare speak ill of you." "Yes! They won't dare say it