Goodbye My Arrogant Ex novel Chapter 103

“Luke, I haven’t had the chance to tell you yet—I’m about to get engaged. But it’s not to Benjamin. It’s someone else!”

Marguerite’s words were decisive, leaving no room for doubt.

They were friends, after all; there was no point in keeping secrets about something like this.

Luke stared at her in shock, completely blindsided by how quickly her life seemed to be changing. For a fleeting moment, something like disappointment flickered in his eyes—a hint of embarrassment, as if he didn’t quite know where to look.

“Why? Why are you in such a rush to get married to someone else?” he asked, clearly struggling to understand, his voice tinged with disbelief.

He had thought, perhaps...

“My family arranged it,” Marguerite replied, her tone steady but her gaze distant. “I’m not getting any younger. After everything I went through with my last relationship, I just… I don’t really care about romance anymore. As long as he’s good to me, that’s enough.”

Saying it out loud left her feeling strangely hollow, as if something inside her had gone missing, though she couldn’t quite name what it was.

Yet when she thought about marrying Leonard, she didn’t feel the same resistance she’d expected. In fact, there was a quiet sense of trust in him, an inexplicable familiarity she couldn’t quite place, as if they’d met before in another life.

“Still, don’t you think this is a little fast? Do you even know this guy? What’s he like? Why so sudden?” Luke pressed, his words stumbling over each other. The cheerful mood from earlier had evaporated, replaced by a prickling restlessness he couldn’t shake. Just minutes ago, he’d been happy to grab dinner with her; now, the world felt off-kilter.

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