Goodbye My Arrogant Ex (Marguerite and Leonard) novel Chapter 310

Marguerite could see that Hogan had really let himself go these past few weeks. He looked thinner, worn down, as if the weight of everything had drained the spirit right out of him.

She knew Hogan had tried his best, that he’d given this relationship everything he had. He could have walked away, could have stopped caring, but he didn’t. And in the end, it still hadn’t worked out the way he wanted.

Watching her brother like this broke Marguerite’s heart. Deep down, she just wanted him to find happiness—something that was his, something he truly deserved.

“I’ve been thinking a lot lately,” Hogan said quietly. “About whether we were ever really right for each other. We hadn’t been together that long, but it felt like we clicked, you know? I really thought we saw the world in the same way. I never imagined things would end like this.”

He let out a sigh. “Maybe I’m just having trouble letting go. Maybe I’m just not ready. But I know I have to move on—I can’t live in the past forever.”

Every day, Hogan tried to convince himself to stop thinking about it, but sometimes his mind got away from him, and he just didn’t know what to do.

The past was gone—he told himself that over and over. There was no point in agonizing over it anymore.

Marguerite ached for him. She’d never seen her brother like this, and she didn’t think he’d done anything wrong. All he'd done was learn about the woman’s past, and it wasn’t as if he’d ever stopped loving her. Why should he have to bear all this pain?

And as for Hannah Austin, she hadn’t really done anything wrong either. Her past was her own, and those were things she couldn’t change or choose. If she never had a chance to explain, if Hogan never learned the full story, was that fair to either of them? But then again, what was the right thing to do? Marguerite realized there was no easy answer here, no clear person to blame.

She squeezed his hand, her voice steady and full of conviction. “No matter what, I’ll always be here for you,” she said. “I know you’ll get through this. You’ll find someone who’s right for you—I believe it, and you should too.”