From Discarded Wife to Queen (Tyrone) novel Chapter 397

Chapter 397 Another Refusal

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Tyrone stayed kneeling, clutching the ring like it was his last lifeline.

Aella’s tone didn’t waver. “Tyrone, I meant what I said. What I feel for you isn’t love. I can’t marry you.”

If she hadn’t lived a whole other life, she would’ve never understood it. All those wealthy girls fought to marry him, to tie their names to the Winters, and he’d chosen her.

She only saw the truth after dying once.

He hadn’t chosen her because he loved her. He’d chosen her because she’d loved him too much. Because when the Reids went broke, she became someone he could control, someone too weak to fight back.

He didn’t move. He just knelt there, frozen.

Aella turned away, her tone final. “It’s over.”

The sound of her voice breaking away from him felt like his chest splitting open.

He stood abruptly, eyes red. “You’ve fallen for someone else. Haven’t you?”

That had to be it. It was the only thing that made sense.

Aella took a slow breath. Then another.

In her past life, she’d stood before his grave and told herself it was finished. Every debt, every wound, every ounce of pain ended with him.

She wasn’t trapped in that past anymore.

And she sure wasn’t about to relive it.

She turned back toward him and nodded once.

“Yes, there’s someone I like.”

Tyrone grabbed her shoulders hard. “Who?”

Aella met his eyes calmly. “It’s just me. He doesn’t know. And I’m not ready to say who it is.”

His grip tightened until it hurt.

She frowned but didn’t flinch. “He’s a good man. We get along well. When the time feels right,

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Chapter 34 Another Refusal

I’ll tell him.”

Tyrone went still. His face lost all color.

Aella tilted her head, her voice softer.

“So what do I call you now, Tyrone?

“Should I step back and call you Mr. Winters?

“Or should I stay the same and call you Tyrone like before?

“Or maybe you can ask your parents to make me your god–sister. Then I’ll call

Tyrone broke. He pulled her into his arms, voice cracking. “I don’t want to be want to marry you!”

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you brother.”

your

brother. I

She struggled until he finally let go,

his breath uneven.

He was forcing himself to stay cool. Stay calm.I have to. Come on, cool down. Breathe.

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