Chapter 676


    Chapter 676


    William had practically sequestered himself in his room for a solid week.


    News of the impending union between the Dillion and the Salter families spread like wildfire.


    Everything that had transpired at the engagement party was hushed up by the Salter family, but there


    were still those in the know who were gleefully spreading rumors within their social circles.


    usations of deceit and even rape were being bandied about.


    Ca had tried to visit him a few times, but William had refused to see her. On herst attempt, he


    finally agreed to meet her.


    Ca looked at William’s sunken eyes and clenched her fists instinctively.


    “William, are you okay?” She asked with concern in her voice.


    William was dressed in a thin white knitted sweater. In just a week, he had lost over twenty pounds,


    looking ragged and haggard.


    He stood up and asked her as he wanted to be sure, ‘Are you really sure you want to marry me?”


    “William, you promised to marry me…” Ca panicked, thinking he was going to break off their


    engagement, “I really do love you. I know what happened that night wasn’t what you wanted, I…”


    “Why didn’t you tell the Salter family that I didn’t force myself on you? That the wounds on my body


    were self-inflicted, not caused by you?” William cut her off, “You im to love me, yet you’ve framed me


    and forced me into marriage using public opinion?”


    He had downed a ss of whiskey, feeling unwell. He had intended to find a ce to rest, but Ca


    had approached him, resulting in a scuffle that had him crashing into a wall and getting injured.


    In his panic, he grabbed a fruit knife and cut his own hand. By the time he had sobered up, Ca was


    sitting on the bed in disarray, and before he could apologize, the Salter family had barged in. From then


    on, everything spiraled out of control, and he had no time to exin the situation.


    Ca was speechless for a moment, then she said, her face white as a sheet, “William, I love you too


    much. I know you don’t love me back, but can’t you just pity me and give me a chance?”


    She knew that was her only opportunity of having him.


    She also knew about the pressure William was currently under, but that was okay. As long as they got


    married, she would make it up to him. She would make William love her, and she would take steps to


    suppress the rumors.


    Any lingering goodwill William had for Ca evaporated in an instant.


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    He turned and walked to the window, staying silent for a long time.


    Ca approached him gingerly, taking his hand. “William, don’t worry about the rumors. They’ll die


    down soon. After we get married, I promise to make it up to you.”


    William pulled his hand free; devoid of any emotions, he said. “Set a date for the wedding. I’ll be there


    to sign the papers.”


    “As for the wedding ceremony, should I inform the Salter family, or will you?”


    Ca’s face turned ashen as she said, “But I really want to wear a wedding dress.”


    She had always dreamed of marrying William. At longst that the opportunity hadnded in herp,


    why would she give it up?


    William nced at her; his usually warm demeanor reced by a cold hardness as he retorted, “Then


    perhaps you should find someone else to marry. You could just do to them what you did to me, couldn’t


    you?”


    Ca was stunned.


    William brushed past her and went into the bathroom. After freshening up and changing into a suit, he


    left the Dillion house.


    When William returned to work, the office was buzzing with rumors.


    Gone was the gentle William; in his ce was a ruthless businessman who, within a matter of days,


    had ousted several old shareholders and promoted his own people. Thanks to his approach, the


    rumors about him ceased almost overnight.


    Brittany and William had mutually ceased contact, a fact that Hannah Chester found hard to believe.


    “William is not the kind of person to do something like that,” She said, “He doesn’t even like Ca. Why


    would he take advantage of her?”


    Brittany was equally puzzled by that incident.


    “I’ve asked around, and they’ve set a date for the wedding, but it seems like William is refusing to hold


    a ceremony.”


    Hannah felt that something was fishy, but she had no proof to back her ims.


    “I understand,” She said.


    After r


    Tnews of William and Ca getting married had spread, William Insisted on not holding a wedding


    ceremony. That infuriated the Salter family, but Ca didn’t protest, so even though they were unhappy,


    they couldn’t do anything about it.


    On their wedding night, Ca had dolled herself up and put on acy nightgown. Her body was curvy in


    all the right ces, and thece barely concealed her cleavage.


    She waited for nearly two hours, but William never showed up.”


    When she asked the servants, they told her that William hadn’te home at all!


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