Five Years Wasted Now They Beg Her Back novel Chapter 329

Letting go was perhaps the only thing Grace could do.

Marianne looked at the disheveled but still strikingly elegant woman before her.

“Leave? Where do you think you're going?”

Marianne suddenly smiled and took a tissue from her purse, handing it to Grace. “The men of the Clarke family don't take back what they've given away. Not their lives, and not their hearts.”

Grace looked up in astonishment, taking the tissue but forgetting to wipe her tears.

“You… you're not telling me to leave?”

“Why would I tell you to leave?”

Marianne adjusted her shawl. “I admit, I used to think you weren't good enough for Damien. Families like ours value proper pedigree, and your family of origin… is a mess.”

Grace’s face went pale, her nails digging into her palms.

“But,” Marianne's tone shifted, “I've seen how Damien has changed this past year. He used to be a cold, money-making machine. He barely said a sincere word even to his own mother. After meeting you, he became human again. He laughs, he gets angry, he's willing to turn the world upside down to stand up for someone.”

“Felix just told me that when that rebar came down, he could have easily dodged it. But if he had, you would be dead.”

Marianne looked into Grace's eyes, her tone becoming serious.

“Grace, I'm not praising you. I'm telling you that you're his life.”

“If you leave, how is he supposed to live with only half a life left?”

Grace's tears finally broke free.

She had expected the typical scorn of a wealthy mother-in-law, but instead, she was being entrusted with something precious.

“But… I'll only bring him harm…”

“Bullshit.”

Marianne suddenly swore, her commanding presence unhidden even in her elegant dress. “This talk of curses and bad luck is just an excuse for the weak. We Clarkes don't believe in fate. We believe in making our own.”

“Since you feel you owe him, then stay by his side and spend the rest of your life repaying him. Use those skills of yours to help him make the Clarke family even greater, and shut up everyone who looks down on you.”

“That's the best way to repay him, not running away like a coward.”

Grace stared blankly at Marianne.

She was right.

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