Chapter 354

She just wanted him around?

The nerve of her.

I looked at her pitiful face, my voice turning colder. "Tanya, you've got it wrong. It's not Jace's body you want—it's his status, and all the money that comes with it."

Tanya pressed her lips together. "I won't deny that, but..."

She paused, then delivered her next line like a punch straight to the gut. "But over these months, Jace has treated me just as well as Desmond ever did. I've really fallen in love with him. I want to spend my life with him."

So, this was her way of telling me Jace cared about her, that she couldn't live without him.

Even now, she saw me as competition.

Yet here she was, begging me for help.

Even while pleading, she couldn't resist twisting the knife. She really thought I was that easy to play.

I gave her a faint smile. "Jace was so good to you, but he still ran off."

Her face froze. I continued, "Are you sure he wants to spend his life with you?"

"As long as he comes back, I'll make it work," Tanya whis