Chapter 264 Unfinished Lines
Eliza followed Nolan down the hallway to the far end. His car was already waiting outside.
With no real choice, she got in the car beside him.
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She knew exactly what this was. Everything Nolan did–storming into her classroom, surrounding it with his people–it was all just a setup to force her into coming with him.
In the car, Eliza broke the ‘silence. “You didn’t have to go that far. No matter how much you try to explain yourself, it won’t change what you’ve done.”
Nolan being engaged to Elaine wasn’t a rumor–it was a fact.
That fact alone made it impossible for her to forgive him.
He drove in silence, eyes locked on the road, taking her straight to his house.
Eventually, they pulled up to his gated villa. He parked, unbuckled her seatbelt, and opened her door. “Let’s talk inside.”
Eliza stepped out, her heels clicking softly against the pavement. The house looked exactly the same as when she’d last been here.
“If we’re just going to talk, you didn’t need to bring me all the way here,” she said. “And don’t worry–I haven’t told anyone where you live.”
Nolan looked her in the eye. “Eliza, I don’t love Elaine.”
Eliza raised an eyebrow, completely unmoved. “That doesn’t matter to me anymore.”
“It matters to me,” he said. “I didn’t tell you about the engagement because… I’ve never thought of her as my fiancée.”
“You don’t get to decide that,” Eliza snapped, her eyes growing colder. “Just because you didn’t see her that way doesn’t change what she is. You’re engaged. You never called it off. You had no right dragging me into
this.”
“Eliza-” Nolan grabbed her and pulled her into his arms, his voice low and urgent. “Just listen to me-
“Let go of me!”
Before she could finish, his hand slid behind her neck–and he kissed her.
It wasn’t tender or slow. It was desperate. Forceful.
Eliza gasped against his lips, stunned. Her breath caught in her throat. Just when she felt herself start to suffocate, she bit down–hard–on his lower lip.
The sharp taste of blood filled her mouth.
Nolan flinched in pain but didn’t back off. Instead, he kissed her more gently, softly brushing her lips as if to calm her down.
Eventually, Eliza’s anger started to settle. It took a while, but Eliza finally started to calm down.
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Sensing her resistance fade, Nolan finally let go.
She immediately shoved him off and turned her head, refusing to look at him.
“Can you listen to me now?” he asked quietly.
“Nope.” Eliza shot back, glaring at him.
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She had no idea where Nolan had learned to pull a stunt like that–but whatever it was, it was completely out of line.
“We got engaged because the Hayes family needed financial support,” Nolan began. “Elaine’s the last of the Lynn family. Marrying her would have-”
“Money,” Eliza said with a cold laugh. “Marry the girl, get the assets.”
Honestly, it wasn’t hard to figure out.
The Lynn family used to be a big deal in Westbrook’s business scene–decades ago. But those glory days were long gone.
At this point, aside from whatever personal fortune they were sitting on, they only had one company left under their name. And even that was barely hanging on, probably one step away from getting pushed out of
the market.
If it weren’t for the old reputation the Lynn name still carried, they would’ve gone under a long time ago.
“I never saw it that way,” Nolan said. He grabbed her hand tightly. “I’m going to end the engagement. Elaine’s not stable. The day she heard I was at Solara; she ran straight there. I brought her home because I didn’t want her to make a scene.”
And then Eliza had cut him off.
He knew Eliza must’ve found out something–and this was the only thing that made sense. Nolan couldn’t think of any other reason. And after that, she disappeared from his life without a word.
Eliza pulled her hand away, calm but cold.
“I don’t care whether you love her or not,” Eliza said, steady and unflinching. “I’m not getting caught in some love triangle–and I’m not about to be anyone’s mistress. When you’ve handled your situation, then maybe we can talk… if there’s still anything left to talk about.”
She turned to leave.
“Eliza!” Nolan pulled her into his arms again. “Give me three days. I’ll fix this–everything. Just give me three days.”
“I’m sorry, Mr. Hayes,” she said, her voice cool. “I’m engaged too.”
That stopped him cold.
“I’m engaged to Henry. So maybe it’s time we figure out what we are–friends? Or just strangers moving forward.”
Without another word, Eliza turned and walked out of Nolan’s house.
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Yes, she’d said it in anger–but that didn’t make it any less true.
She and Henry were engaged now.
Nolan and Blaine still had an engagement of their own.
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Whatever feelings were between her and Nolan, they didn’t change the reality: the two of them were never meant to work oin.
As she stepped out of his front gate, a sleek black car pulled up and stopped right in front of her.
She recognized it instantly–it was Henry’s. The same car that his driver had used to take her to the Fosters” estate the first time they met.
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