Chapter 537\u00a0<\/p>\n
Haskell didn\u2019t miss a beat. \u201cThat\u2019s right,\u201d he said calmly. \u201cI can\u2019t even be certain what I\u2019ll be like ten years from now. So, Larissa, while I love you more than anything, you need to make sure you secure every tangible benefit I can offer you. Don\u2019t ever settle for just my affection.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDeal,\u201d she said without hesitation. \u201cI can handle being hurt emotionally, but I refuse to be hurt financially.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She admired his honesty. Human desire was a fickle thing. The poor wanted to be rich, the bored craved excitement, and those living on the edge yearned for peace. A person\u2019s heart was always in flux.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you think I\u2019m too rational, Haskell?\u201d she asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with being rational?\u201d he replied. \u201cIt\u2019s good for you, and\u00a0<\/p>\n
that\u2019s all that matters.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She laughed. \u201cYou\u2019re right. How could I doubt myself? This is who I am. I don\u2019t know how to be anything but rational.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that\u2019s what I love about you,\u201d Haskell admitted freely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa smiled, a genuine, warm smile. \u201cAlright, your legs still need to heal. You should get some rest. I\u2019m going to sleep too.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Goodnight, Larissa.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Goodnight, Haskell.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She ended the call, plugged in her phone, and turned off the lights. Lying n the darkness, she stared at the ceiling. She was falling deeply for Haskell, and she hoped, with all her heart, that his feelings would never change. She wanted to spend the rest of her life with him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After the call ended, the room fell silent. Haskell looked at the screen, at the record of his video call with Larissa, and a sudden emptiness\u00a0<\/p>\n
12\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 537\u00a0<\/p>\n
washed over him. He closed his eyes, overcome with a desperate longing to hold her in his arms.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ten minutes later, as he was about to put his phone on the charger, a new message popped up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
[Haskell, I\u2019ve been thinking about what you said. I\u2019ve decided I don\u2019t want to lose out emotionally either. So, after we\u2019re married, you are not allowed to change your mind about me. If you do, I will personally make sure you never walk again. And I will poison you, just like I did to Finley, so you can live out your days in misery.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
A laugh escaped Haskell\u2019s lips as he read the fiercely possessive message from Larissa. The emptiness in his chest was instantly replaced by a warm, overflowing affection.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He typed back quickly: [I promise, Larissa. I will never change.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her reply came almost instantly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
[Good boy.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
He set his phone down to charge and lay back in bed, a smile still lingering on his face. He couldn\u2019t imagine what could possibly make him stop loving her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Novelty? Excitement? Nothing in the world was as captivating as Larissa.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next morning at Starlight Media, at ten o\u2019clock sharp, Ursa knocked on the CEO\u2019s office door. \u201cMs. Judson, Leopold is here. Magnus is with\u00a0<\/p>\n
nim.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa looked up. \u201cSend them in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ursa nodded and returned a moment later with the two men. Leopold looked tired and was dressed casually, while Magnus was in a sharp suit, a confident smile on his face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Magnus glanced around the office. \u201cIt\u2019s strange being back here. Feels like a different place. I remember Finley yelling at me in this very room. And now, he\u2019s gone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 538\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland\u2019s breathtaking cold.<\/p>\n
Wings of Broken Time by Alina Das 537 Chapter 537\u00a0 Haskell didn\u2019t miss a beat. \u201cThat\u2019s right,\u201d he said calmly. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-throne-of-thorns-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}