Goodbye My Arrogant Ex (Marguerite and Leonard) novel Chapter 313

Hannah’s words were gentle, almost soothing, but her tone was unyielding. It was clear she’d made up her mind long ago; nothing anyone said was going to change that.

But Marguerite just couldn’t understand. Why was she so resolute? Did she really have no feelings for Hogan at all? The way she looked at him didn’t seem so indifferent—so why was she insisting on fighting this?

“Hannah, I think you should try to step out of the shadows of your past,” Marguerite said softly. “Living like this every day—it’s only hurting yourself. I have to admit, I bear part of the blame. If it hadn’t been for me, my brother might never have found out.”

She hesitated, then continued, “When Leonard first saw you, he said you seemed different from everyone else. That’s why he started looking into your past, and honestly, I didn’t stop him. But it wasn’t really my brother who did it all—I owe you the truth. More than anything, I want you two to be together, for real.”

Marguerite had no choice but to come clean, laying everything out in the open.

But at this point, did it even matter who had done the digging? Everything was out in the open now.

“It’s fine,” Hannah replied quietly. “Whether it was you or your brother, what’s done is done. I’m past caring about that. But now that he knows—now that Hogan has seen the worst of me—I can’t stand to face him. I don’t want the person I love to know how broken I once was. I’ve decided: it’s better for us to go our separate ways.”

“Marguerite, please,” Hannah said, her voice weary. “I know you mean well. But this is something only we can decide for ourselves. Let’s just leave it at that.”

There was a lost look in Hannah’s eyes, her expression pale and uncertain.

Maybe, deep down, she still cared. Maybe she still hoped things could be different. But they’d come too far, and neither of them knew how to turn back.