bChapter /bb669 /b

    +15 bBONUS /b

    bConversely/b, Rachel realized that although she hadn’t known Tyler for long, he saw clearly the vulnerabilities she hid underneath her veneer of strength.

    People fight in a bid to express their displeasure, in hopes that others might understand.

    Rachel used to fight over such things, but none of the fights turned out the way she wanted them to.

    She wanted Gerald and Jim to take notice of her. In the depths of her heart, she wanted them not bto /bbe so biased. She was a daughter of the family, too.

    Why were they so biased? It wasn’t her fault they got the wrong child back then.

    Yet, the fights she picked and the resistance she put up were seen as insensible behavior. As time passed, it only deepened her disappointment with her family.

    Today, Tyler had brought to light her deepest vulnerabilities–as if he could see through her.

    Tyler looked at her furrowed brows and the stubborn, unyielding look on her face. He wiped a tear hanging at the corner of her eye.

    “Why is our strong Ms. Lloyd crying? You’re so easily touched, I wonder if you’ll get fooled by another man and run away with him. I’d better keep a close watch over you,” he said teasingly.

    Rachel was initially immersed in her sadness, but burst outughing at his joke.

    “We’re just acting. Getting fooled by a man and running away isn’t going to cause you any concern.”

    She had to admit that Tyler’s words felt very genuine, as though they were really in a rtionship.

    Tyler looked at her with a small smile hanging on his lips. He held her chin gently with two fingers and

    turned her bto /bface him.

    Rachel looked at the handsome man before her, his eyes twinkling with a smile like that of a suave and chivalrous gentleman.

    “Things between us havee to this point, and you still think we’re just acting? That’s not very right of

    you now, Ms. Lloyd…”

    Rachel’s heart raced as her mouth hung open in surprise at Tyler’s words. She suspected she must have heard him wrongly.

    bTyler /bpatted the back of her head. “Did I speak in a foreignnguage that you don’t understandb?/bb” /b

    Rachel shook her head, still in a daze. b“/bbNo/b…no. I just don’t know how bto /breact.b” /b

    bTyler /bpulled bout /bba /bnapkin from his pocket and wiped the tears bfrom /bbthe /bbcorner /bbof /bbher /bbeyes/bb. /bb“/bbWhat /bbare /bbyour /b

    thoughts?b” /b

    Rachel looked up at him. “Huh?”

    +15 bBONUS /b

    Tyler chuckled, amused by the confused look on her face. He raised a hand and gently knocked on her head. “Are my words that difficult to understand, or are you just unwilling?”

    Rachel didn’t know what to say. Her head was in a mess and she had no idea what to think.

    Given her current situation, she wasn’t nning to stay in Yurelia City.

    Rachel wanted to help grow Lloyd Enterprise for Jim’s sake, but it now seemed unnecessary. She didn’t have any expectations for Gerald to begin with, but things were different with Jim. She had always thought that Jim loved her.

    She couldn’t exactly bring herself to say that Jim didn’t love her, but when it came down to it, he subconsciously favored Yvette. He always failed to treat them both equally.

    Rachel didn’t me Jim for that, but she had the right to make her choice.