Chapter 286

---- Chapter 286 Donovan had never cared much about Giselle's resistance and mockery , but after he heard those words, something inside him snapped. "Gideon outclasses me?" he asked in a low, heavy voice. In his eyes, he had always looked down on Gideon. He considered him nothing more than an insignificant little pretty boy who only had the nerve to act arrogant because of Ethan's backing -a sleazy scoundrel at heart. Donovan disdained the very idea of comparing himself to him, as doing so would only cheapen himself...

Yet here Giselle was, telling him that this second-rate pretty boy had somehow outclassed him. Seeing how rattled he was, Giselle sharpened her taunts. " That's right. He's younger, gentler, and more considerate than you. He's also more loyal, too. Oh, and let's not forget, he's even a centimeter taller. Everything you have, he has. And everything you lack? He's got that too. "He doesn't yank my hair or slap me, humiliate me with cruel words, and come with a whole circus of toxic relatives. His eyes are only on me, and he goes out of his way just to make me happy.

With him, every day is a joy. So tell me, Donovan, what exactly do you have that can compare?" ---- Hearing that, Donovan's face turned a sickly green. He was momentarily left speechless. Giselle, however, only grew more detached and icy as she continued. "Donovan, let me make one thing perfectly clear. I have never felt any love for you, not evena shred. In the beginning, I slept with you for money. Later, when I pursued you, it was only to use you as a tool against the Kanes. "And in the end? I realized you couldn't give me what I wanted, so I found a better replacement .

Why would I waste another second on you? That's the truth of whatever this was between us." He stiffened as her words sank in, and he could only stare at her in silence. "That's all I have to say," she said, turning away. "Now leave. Show some self-respect and stop interfering in my life. We'll go our separate ways from here." Donovan stood there for a good while before he finally realized that Giselle was unmoved and totally done with him. He took a deep breath, turned, and walked out without another word. As the sound of his footsteps faded beyond the door, Giselle's legs gave way.

Her back slid down the wall until she crumpled onto the floor, a tangled mess of emotions tightening in her chest. Meanwhile , Donovan stumbled out of the elevator in a daze. ---- He exited the building and trudged toward the residential complex gate where his car sat parked in its usual spot. He hadn't taken more than a few steps when a figure approached from the opposite direction. It was Gideon. Gideon was holding two leashes. In his left hand was his own. Alaskan Malamute, and in his right, the German Shepherd that belonged to Giselle.

Their eyes met, and both men-tall, handsome, and brimming with hostility -stared each other down for several seconds before Gideon looked away with disdain. "Mr. Kane, what brings you to my fiancée's neighborhood ?" Gideon greeted him with a smirk, his tone laced with provocation. During Giselle's disappearance , the two had once cooperated and even grown uncomfortably familiar with each other. Yet now, with a woman caught between them again, the air between them crackled with tension.