Chapter 201

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Chloe

"If I had killed you, what exactly would I have gained? Taking you away worked quite well for me, didn't it? Mary couldn't give birth, we couldn't have a daughter to give off in marriage to the Benjamins. Taking you away from your parents gave us the chance to be inlaws with Carolina's best! Until you blew it off and ran away like a coward!" Tristan yelled the veins that lined his head popping in anger as he spoke.

"You're a cruel man," I spat. "As if taking their company wasn't enough, you took their daughter and pawned her off for your benefit,"

Tristan laughed again. "Oh Chloe, Chloe, you are such a little girl, aren't you? If I do not fight for my benefit, who will? Nobody else I assure you. The world doesn't care about the grunt, they care about the cream of the crop. I am determined to be that cream no matter what."

"And I guess killing me is part of whatever you need to do, right?"

He nodded, pursed his lips then spoke up. "I do not have to kill you, Chloe. I did