CHAPTER 19

"Wait," he said quickly stepping in her way. "You have to understand that I thought you knew, and I didn't want this. Seriously, I was against the whole idea."

"I'm not angry with you Dylan, not you. Do you know how I feel? Like some pawn in a stupid play."

"I'm sorry. I don't even care about the inheritance anymore. It was one of the reason I was strongly against the marriage. After everything with Clara, she was someone I really cared for and it was this stupid talk of inheritance that Sylvia brought up to her that destroyed our relationship. It was why I didn't want this, and also one of the reasons I treated you the way I did. I didn't want to fall or you, or for you to fall for me, knowing that you were just doing this to pay for your father's debt and my parents were making me do this to secure the inheritance."

"And now?"

"I don't care anymore, this is no longer because of the inheritance. This between us is because I like you and now, I really want to pursue this thing with yo