Billionaire's Betrayal: My Ex Beg Me To Love Him Again

Chapter 0072 Caroline's POV:

A surge of anger overwhelmed me at the audacity of William's question. How dare he bring up that fateful day when he had been the one who had torn my life apart? I held the baby of his mistress in my arms, and now he was asking me to dig through my old wounds. What was done was done, so why did it matter to him?

Despite my rising anger, I kept a lid on my temper. There was no reason to go popping off and ruining the advantage I had with William right then. Now that I was in William's good graces, I was lent a perfect opportunity for me to find out more about my father. The scant information I had learned in my last stay had been far too limited, and so I was going to take this chance to glean as much as I could from his study. There had to be some key information I had missed before I was so rudely interrupted. Not willing to risk the chance to find more clues, I swallowed my anger and took a deep breath. I kept my expression as neutral as I could manage, and instead of giving him a straight answer, I threw the question back.

"Do we really need to be asking these questions now?" I asked, gingerly stroking my hand over George's head to help ground myself. "What's done is done. We made our bed, and now we must lie in it."

Although my voice remained relatively steady, I did let a hint of sorrow seep through. It gave my tone a tint of loneliness, something that had William's expression dipping with what seemed to be sympathy.

"I understand you have your reasons for asking," I continued, "but William, my baby is gone, and there's no changing that fact. I can't lie and say that I'm not sad about what happened, because that day was so unbelievably painful to me."

I allowed a pause to sink in, taking the opportunity to study William's face. That strange emotion, if it really was guilt I was seeing, had only increased. Good, I thought to myself. You put me and my child through so much pain. It's only right that you pay for it. William opened his mouth to speak, but he seemed to be at a loss for words. Was he not used to facing the consequences of his own actions? How typical for someone like him. I had to strain my face to keep from glaring in disgust at him. "I'm sorry, Caroline," he said at last, his voice sounding rough and lost. "I really am."

The desire to snap at him filled me, but I held back, wanting to know what else this man had to say to me. Surely he didn't think I was going to take him back with just an apology.

After a moment of thinking, he said, "In the beginning, I did hate you." He stopped and cursed, amending his statement with a quick, "I mean you father. I hated your father so much."

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Chapter 0072

How ironic it was that I was going to use him to help gather evidence to clear my father's name. I had accepted long ago that William would forever be against my loving father, and yet he would be instrumental to freeing my dad from his legal binds.

"I wanted to use our marriage to get my revenge" he continued, causing anger to spike through me, but I miraculously kept my mouth shut. "I wanted to hurt him, but I never thought of killing-"

I quickly held up a hand, causing the words on his lips to fall into silence. "That's enough, William," I told him, my void of emotion. "If you really feel guilty, why don't you do something about it then?"

"You mean...?" William had been clearly stunned by my demand, but a look of knowing soon crossed his face. "Listen, I'm willing to make up for it. For you and for... our child." He swallowed thickly and offered a tentative smile. I mean, I brought you back here to look after you. That's something, isn't it?"

I failed to be impressed. "What about Sophia?" I reminded him.

Unsurprisingly, William's eyes darted away from mine. "I'll solve it," he said automatically. Rage bubbled up inside my chest. Of course William couldn't beat to part with his "true love". No matter what terrible things she had done, William would always leave her that final mercy. As angry as it all made me, though, they weren't important. I had my own plans to complete, after all.

"I know," I said at last, nodding and expressionless.

Excitement flickered across William's face. "Are you saying you're willing to give me a chance to make up?"

A tired sigh left me as I ignored the look of delight in his eyes. "William, all I want is to let go."

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