The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In novel Chapter 531

Chapter 531 Just Who Do You Think You Are?

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The moment the word marriage came out of her mouth, the man’s already cold expression took on an even sharper edge.

Dan let out a low, mocking laugh. “Marriage? You really plan to marry Derrick?”

His voice was frigid, laced with an unmistakable note of danger.

Yes, his tone was filled with thinly veiled threat.

Marie raised an eyebrow. “What, you want me to stay single for life because you forgot about me?”

Yeah, right.

She didn’t bother hiding her disgust anymore.

His stare turned even icier, but before he could speak, Marie continued, “Or are you about to tell me there’s actually a woman on this planet who’d stay loyal to a man who forgot her for five years? And even if she existed, would he even be worth it?”

Would he even be worth it she bit down hard on those words, each syllable laced with scorn.

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It wasn’t even clear whether the mockery was aimed at Dan, or at herself.

Maybe a bit more at herself.

Dan’s expression froze for a second.

He stared at her in silence.

Marie met his glacier–cold gaze head–on. “What’s the matter? From the looks of things, you don’t seem all that forgetful.”

She’d been hauled straight from the marriage office while trying to get a license with Derrick – by Dan’s men no less.

Tell her again how that lines up with a man who’s lost his memory?

Dan said calmly, “My people told me you were obsessed with me five years ago.”

The second she heard that, her expression went even colder.

Obsessed with him? Wasn’t he the one who couldn’t let go back then?

What a joke.

She tilted her head and sneered, “What are you trying to say? Five years ago…?”

The moment those words came up, her entire face turned frosty.

Her mind flashed involuntarily to those recent memories in Frapucu.

The image of him whispering intimately to that woman. The soft smile that woman gave him. It still felt like a punch straight to the gut.

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It only made her more certain that everything she and Dan had shared five years ago was nothing but a bad joke.

Now he wanted to talk about five years ago? The chill in Marie’s eyes deepened.

They locked eyes.

Neither backed down. Both their stares could’ve frozen the air between them.

Dan said, “Until I figure out what really happened, you can’t marry Derrick.”

Marie scoffed. “What, and I’m supposed to listen to you? Who the hell do you think you are?”

She stared him down, unbothered.

Until I figure it out and in the meantime, she was just supposed to sit there twiddling her thumbs?

Dan’s face darkened at the mockery in her tone.

Marie pressed, “If I’m not mistaken, isn’t your wedding with Ella coming up?”

She didn’t know the exact date, but she’d overheard back in Frapucu that it was less than a month away.

“Your wedding’s in a few weeks. What exactly are you trying to figure out? Or maybe the better question is – why even bother figuring it out?”

She narrowed her eyes.

Seriously. What was he planning to do with this ‘figuring out‘?

From what she’d heard in Frapucu, Dan and Ella were in love. Truly in love.

They’d been together for five years.

Five years. So what, the second he left Falvaria, he started something with her?

The moment she brought up Ella, Dan’s face went even stiffer.

“In any case, you can’t marry Derrick right now. Whether you can or not, just give it a week. That’s all I’m asking.”

Marie stared at him.

A week? He thought he could figure out whatever happened between them in one week?

She let out a low, bitter laugh. “And then what?”

Even if he figured something out – then what?

“You and Ella have been together for five years. There’s emotion there, but also business interests too, right?”

Five years…

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