Chapter 21

Jake, though, switched to a far more suffocating tactic. He stopped sending flashy, over-the-top gifts and instead began playing the “deeply devoted” card. Every single day, without fail, he appeared below Morgan’s office and, later, outside her apartment. Rain or shine, he stood there holding a lunchbox he claimed to have made himself. He no longer caused scenes or raised his voice. Instead, he watched her in silence, his eyes heavy with pain and longing, as if she were the heartless one who had betrayed him.Once, after Morgan ignored him, he suddenly slammed his fist into the wall beside him. The skin on the back of his hand split open instantly, blood pouring down. He then walked over to her car, raised his bleeding hand in front of her car, and asked hoarsely, “Morg… if I do this… will you at least look at me? Just once…”Sitting inside the car, Morgan stared at his self-harming, attention-seeking madness. Her stomach churned violently with nausea and fear. She immediately loc

Chapter 22

Dean and Jake had exhausted every method they could think of, from power play to material temptation, humble pleas, obsessive pursuit, and even self-destructive displays meant to win pity. Every single attempt shattered against the fortress Morgan had built with coldness and indifference, leaving behind nothing but wreckage and a deeper sense of despair.In the end, they ran out of strength. They were finally forced to face a truth they had refused to acknowledge: they had lost her forever, not because she was cruel, but because they themselves had crushed whatever faint possibility of affection once existed, along with her dignity and her life, under the weight of the past.On a drizzly evening, Dean parked his car at the street corner across from Morgan’s apartment. He did not get out right away. Instead, he sat there, staring through the rain-blurred window at the warm light glowing from her apartment. He dialed a number he had been blocked from—one he had still tried to call coun

Chapter 23

Dean and Jake knelt on the cold, damp floor, staring at the door that would never open for them again, as if their very souls had been drained away. After that night, the two brothers collapsed under the weight of despair.Dean returned to Lyon Corporation. He became even more silent and distant than before, colder than anyone could bear. He threw himself into work with reckless abandon, practically living at the office, filling every second of his days with endless meetings and tasks to numb a heart that had long since gone barren.He became a perfect machine of work: decisive, ruthless, and merciless. Under his leadership, Lyon Corporation expanded further, amassing greater wealth and influence. However, he shared it with no one. He rejected all arranged matches and introductions, and any woman who tried to get close was met with cold indifference. His world shrank to numbers, endless paperwork, and relentless corporate battles. He never married.Jake, on the other hand, went to t

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