Just as their lips were about to meet, Elias lowered his gaze, pulled her hands down, and turned his head away.
His expression was impassive as he repeated, "Gen, you're drunk."
"Why... why are you doing this..." The hope in Genevieve's eyes shattered. A thought occurred to her, and she asked through her sobs, "Is it because of Victoria?"
At the mention of Victoria's name, Elias's brow furrowed.
Seeing his reaction, Genevieve gave a bitter laugh and stumbled back two steps, looking as if she might collapse. "So it really is because of her? You... you've actually fallen in love with her? No, that's impossible!"
Seeing she was about to fall, Elias reached out to steady her.
"Elias, tell me you haven't fallen in love with someone else, please? There must be another reason for this. You're afraid your grandfather will threaten me again like he did two years ago, right?" Genevieve clung to him as if he were her last hope, desperate for confirmation.
Just then, Hawk arrived and opened the dining room door from the outside.
"Mr. Shawn."
"Gen, you've been drinking. We'll talk when you've calmed down." Elias pulled Genevieve's hands off him and turned to leave.
Genevieve couldn't believe that even after she had humbled herself and pleaded, Elias remained unmoved. As he started to walk away, she cried out in desperation, "But Victoria already divorced you!"
Elias stopped dead in his tracks.
With red-rimmed eyes, Genevieve walked in front of him. "Elias, you and Victoria are from two different worlds. She... she used so many despicable tactics just to save The Sanger Group and hold onto her title as Mrs. Shawn. You said it yourself, you hate it when people manipulate you."
"Besides, if it weren't for her, we wouldn't have been separated two years ago. Elias, I'm divorced, and you're divorced. If we get together now, everything can go back to how it was supposed to be."
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