Chapter 356

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Katie breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, I had seen Mitchel come out from the beginning. Furthermore, he always paid attention to his reputation and the impression he left on others. At first glance, there was nothing wrong with what he had just said. Any stranger overhearing her would think she wanted to catch up with Raegan.

But in reality, Katie wanted to use the opportunity to make Mitchel see how hostile Raegan had become.

Katie approached Mitchel at a leisurely pace, her gaze fixed on him and a smile on her lips. «I don't understand why Raegan is angry. It seems there was a misunderstanding somewhere. Do you think I should apologize and clear things up with her?

Katie trusted that Mitchel wouldn't find anything wrong with what she had just said to Raegan. In fact, she was sure her words made her seem generous.

Mitchel's thin lips parted slightly. He replied, "Don't bother."

Mitchel knew better than anyone why Raegan acted like this. His actions were not motivated by anger or jealousy. In reality, she despised everyone around her because she disliked him.

Oblivious to Mitchel's thoughts, Katie took his words at face value and was glad, thinking he was taking her side and considering Raegan unreasonable. The more unreasonable Raegan acted, the more magnanimous she had to be.

With a worried expression, Katie murmured, “Don't take Raegan's words too personally. "I'm sure he didn't mean them to be hurtful."

Once again, his words were chosen delicately. Although her words seemed comforting on the surface, they made Mitchel repeat Raegan's words in her mind.

After all, Raegan had just called Mitchel lame.

Mitchel had never been described with such an adjective in his life.

If he was lame, then there was nothing good in this world.

Mitchel didn't bother to look at Katie and warned her, "He doesn't like you. You should avoid her in the future and not make her angry.

Katie was shocked. His smile froze. He thought he had heard wrong. “Mitchel, what do you mean?”

Mitchel stared at Katie. «I'm chasing her now, so I don't want unnecessary misunderstandings. Since she doesn't like you, don't get close to her and avoid her from now on.

This time, there was no way Katie would misinterpret his words.

Instantly, she felt like she had been slapped in public.

Katie blushed with embarrassment. As the heiress of a prominent family and vice president of a renowned company, she had to stay away from a relatively unknown design director. And not only that, he also had to make way for Raegan when he saw her! I couldn't understand the logic of it all.

Despite her usual etiquette and generosity, Katie couldn't shake the feeling of dissatisfaction with the current situation.

Katie's smile disappeared as she struggled to control her emotions.

"Mitchel, have you ever considered my feelings?"

Katie's words carried a hint of complaint. This was not something she aspired to after enduring so much these years.

Katie came from a decent family. Marrying someone rich was not a difficult task for her. But so that the public would be mistaken in thinking that she was Mitchel's fiancée, she endured being belittled for not marrying him.

He did it all for Mitchel. She was determined to marry him. To her, Mitchel's wealth and power were just the icing on the cake. She had been in love with him for years. She was sure that no one in the world could love Mitchel more than her.

Mitchel looked at Katie, his words cold and unyielding. "I have decided to get Raegan back," he declared. «I'll talk to my mother.

If you find it difficult to convince your parents, I will take care of it. Don't worry. I will take all the blame, so that your reputation does not suffer. His tone left no room for argument.

Katie realized that the happier she had felt moments before, the more humiliated she felt now.

In essence, Mitchel was telling Katie that she was no longer useless to him. After all, he had opposed marriage to her all along.

It was Katie who had spread the rumors and taken advantage of the situation.

At that time, Mitchel did not follow entertainment news, so he remained ignorant until it broke out in the media.

Although Mitchel had denied the rumors then, the public assumed that he simply wanted to keep it private, and no one doubted their relationship.

Katie later asked Mitchel for help, expressing her reluctance to rush into marriage despite her parents' continued insistence. Katie proposed the idea of ​​pretending they were in a relationship to deal with her own parents' nagging.

Hearing Mitchel's words, Katie felt a wave of vertigo and struggled to stay upright. It took a long time to stabilize.

He was wise enough not to become obsessed with the matter. Quickly regaining his composure, he said softly, “It's okay, it's up to you.”

Hearing this, Mitchel nodded expressionlessly. He started walking towards his car and Katie hurried to catch up with him.

As Katie tried to climb up, Mitchel turned to her. "I had asked Matteo to get you another car," he said.

Katie's face paled at his words. In the past, she and Mitchel used to arrive and leave various places together. Although Matteo was usually behind the wheel and Mitchel in the back seat, she was limited to sitting in the passenger seat, leaving room for the reporters to spin some stories.

Just as Katie expected, reporters had always overlooked Matteo, constantly highlighting her and Mitchel in the headlines.

However, now Mitchel wouldn't even let her get into his car. Katie looked at him, a mixture of fury and pain in her eyes. Today's events had hit her hard, leaving her dejected.

“Do you really have to treat me like that, Mitchel?” Katie's voice wavered, betraying her displeasure, and she fought back sobs.

Mitchel, unable to ignore her, looked at her with a sharp, questioning look.

Feeling his intense gaze, Katie quickly composed herself, fighting back tears. "I just wanted to say that we've always been seen together," he explained. "It was all for work, so that people wouldn't misunderstand our relationship."

Mitchel responded coldly, “I don't care what other people think.

"I'm worried Raegan will get the wrong idea."

Before Raegan's unexpected return, Mitchel paid little attention to such trivialities. Now, things were different.

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