Reborn as the Sweetheart of a Paranoid Boss

Chapter 626: Ayan Lets Go

Yes.

If at that time, it wasn’t Selena Kensington who appeared, or if no one appeared to say those words to him.

What would have happened to him?

Would he be here sitting face to face with Selena Kensington like today...

At the thought of this, Samuel Dalton began to panic.

Because he remembered a dream he had...

After he had a brush with death at The Gates of Hell, he had been resting in the hospital.

During that time, he dreamt countless fractured dreams.

Yet when pieced together, they formed a complete story.

He dreamt of his alternative ’ending.’

He dreamt that he died in the conflict with the Smith Family.

And in that scenario, he and Selena Kensington had no connection.

They were like strangers.

Even if they met, they didn’t recognize each other.

Then, they missed each other.

He dreamt that a woman brazenly impersonated her.

To repay the favor from the past, Samuel Dalton withdrew his power and his plans within the Dalton Family.

He returned to the Colombo Family.

But a few months later, at a critical moment of his life crisis.

The woman called, maliciously revealing the truth.

She told him she was just an imposter.

And the person he truly sought was crazily suppressed because of his departure...

Even driven to the brink of madness, facing utter destruction.

In that moment, Samuel Dalton’s will to survive shattered little by little, disappearing...

When Samuel Dalton awoke, he was caught in an infinite panic.

Because everything in the dream felt too real.

Real enough as if it had already happened.

Samuel Dalton dared not believe it, nor did he want to probe further.

He only knew he couldn’t bear that ending.

No matter how he truly felt about Selena Kensington, he knew.

He couldn’t let her get hurt.

"...I don’t know."

Samuel Dalton said hoarsely.

His eyes showed a confused expression, like a lost young animal.

Selena Kensington looked at him fixedly, "No."

She shook her head slowly.

"You know."

"It’s just that you still refuse to admit it."

Perhaps Samuel Dalton had long realized it, but he wouldn’t admit it.

After all, it was the obsession he had hidden in his heart for over a decade, how could it be overturned in a single night?

He stubbornly clung to his initial thoughts, falling deeper into them.

"..."

Samuel Dalton was momentarily speechless.

He raised his eyes to look at Selena Kensington.

He saw her expression was as calm as ever.

There was no hint of anger or disappointment.

She was as she always had been.

Her gaze was gentle and calm as she looked at him, her lips bearing a slight smile.

As if she could forgive any mistakes he made.

Samuel Dalton stared at her in a daze.

The image of the young girl from his memory gradually merged with the Selena Kensington before him.

Selena Kensington had been like this at that time too.

No matter how he resisted, how he didn’t listen to her.

She always maintained a smile, her gaze gentle as she watched him.

Samuel Dalton slightly parted his lips, finally closing his eyes softly.

"...I’m sorry, Sister."

When he finally managed to say those words.

His expression resembled that of a child earnestly confessing a mistake.

Obediently making one feel affection for him.

Samuel Dalton found that his previously suppressed heart seemed to completely relax.

It didn’t feel uncomfortable, nor was it painful.

He just felt at ease.

Looking at Samuel Dalton in this state, Selena Kensington sighed softly.

If she had been more straightforward and heartless when she initially addressed things with Samuel Dalton, would he have suffered less?

But everyone has selfish desires.

She couldn’t be that ruthless.

She saw Samuel Dalton’s kindness to her.

This youth genuinely cared for her.

It wasn’t about romance; he simply wanted to be good to her.

Like a kind of spiritual solace.

He found a reason to live through her, which made him so stubborn.

Even forcibly twisting this emotion into love.

But it wasn’t.

Perhaps Selena Kensington hadn’t considered all this initially.

But she understood she had to let him down.

So she could only compensate him in another way.

"You don’t need to apologize; as long as you can think clearly, everything can be salvaged."

"You can’t imprison yourself in the past; you must look around..."

Selena Kensington’s voice was slow, gentle, almost with a coaxing tone.

"Your mother loves you, your father, though severe, loves you too..."

"You also have friends, you have me, you have Hope..."

"You’re never alone..."

Listening to Selena Kensington, Samuel Dalton couldn’t help but start to imagine.

Is it like this?

Samuel Dalton gently exhaled.

The expression on his face suddenly relaxed.

In front of Selena Kensington, he usually didn’t disguise himself.

He smiled sincerely, "I made you worry, Sister."

This word ’Sister,’ seemed to affirm his identity.

He didn’t want her to be harmed, so no matter his position in her heart, it couldn’t shake this thought.

Selena Kensington saw the expression on Samuel Dalton’s face and knew he had truly let go.

She could finally be relieved.

"You did make me worry for a long time, you little brat."

Selena Kensington said with lightness in her tone.

Samuel Dalton froze for a second upon hearing this long-lost term.

Then he felt somewhat embarrassed.

"Sister, I’m already twenty..." can’t be called a little brat anymore...

But before Samuel Dalton could finish speaking, he noticed Selena Kensington had tightened her fist.

Her gaze seemed threatening.

"..."

Then Samuel Dalton wisely chose silence.

Selena Kensington was instantly pleased.

Finally freeing Samuel Dalton from his mental knots, Selena Kensington felt unusually cheerful.

She glanced around.

Only Hope Norwood and Alan stood guarding outside the observation deck.

At the observation deck, only she and Samuel Dalton were present.

Now, it was time to discuss another matter...

Samuel Dalton noted Selena Kensington’s cautious actions and felt puzzled.

"Sister, my men surround this area, you don’t need to worry about anyone eavesdropping."

Hearing Samuel Dalton say this, Selena Kensington breathed a slight sigh of relief.

She took out the map pieced together from the blueprints in the two pocket watches from her bag and placed it on the table.

"Doesn’t this map look familiar?"

Selena Kensington pointed at the map.

Samuel Dalton looked at the map as told.

After a few seconds, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Is this... the map of Gailo Island?"

Because when he schemed against the Gailo Family previously, Samuel Dalton had briefly looked at Gailo Island’s topography.

But he didn’t remember much of it.

However... how did Selena Kensington come to possess Gailo Island’s topographical map?

Moreover, several places on it were marked...

"Do you know about The Godsbane Organization?"

Selena Kensington asked.

Samuel Dalton was taken aback.

How did Selena Kensington know about The Godsbane Organization?

Did Sterling Norwood tell her, or did she find it out herself...