"..."

After listening to Gavin's words, Blake's world was suddenly at a standstill and she couldn't come to her senses.

"Blake, I'm sorry to you talk with you about it." Gavin said these harrowing words in a gentlemanly manner. "But that's the truth."

Out of instinct, Blake tried to reject the truth.

No, she did not believe it!

Getting to know Gavin was a very accidental opportunity for her.

Among a group of sons of rich families, Gavin was like a Triton of the minnows.

Although the others were not mediocre, Gavin was just so excellent. Whether in appearance or ability, those so-called sons of rich families were no match for him.

When it came to business, Gavin was calm and collected, who overwhelmingly exuded an air of mightiness through his words and deeds. All the sons of rich families who used to be arrogant and proud were convinced by him.

Blake saw him and clearly felt that her heart was beating faster.

Gavin was simply her dream lover come to life. She had been unable to resist him even though she had not communicated with him yet.

On that day, after business was done, the group of people began to entertain themselves. Blake had thought that Gavin was not interested in doing that. But unexpectedly, Gavin enjoyed himself more than anyone else. Occasionally, he exuded an air of impish nature and humor. Also, he was unconventional. Not only did he not make people disgusted, but he was even more charming.

A man with talent, taste, romance, and strength would always be very popular wherever he went, right?

Blake asked Gavin's friends about his background. When she found out that he was working in Lambert Group, she thought more highly of him.

Lambert Group was a place where young and excellent talents could easily be found.

Blake's friend saw through her thoughts and told her with a meaningful smile, "If you want to get to know him, just go ahead! Dear, trust me. No man will refuse you. Besides, Gavin hasn't had a girlfriend recently!"

"Recently?" Blake grasped this point and was a little confused. "What do you mean?"

Her friend thought for a moment then decided to tell her. "Gavin is more intelligent, more capable, and more excellent than other playboys here. The only thing he has in common with them is that he's a playboy too. He hasn't had so many lovers that they can circle the earth, but at least they can circle Arlington. I heard that he has been busy recently, so he's temporarily been girlfriend-free for such a long time."

"Playboy..."

To be honest, Blake found it hard to accept it.

But as the saying goes, when you really like a person, even their shortcomings will become lovely flaws in your eyes.

At that moment, Blake was thinking the same way. As long as it was him, everything else didn't matter to her. She accepted that he used to treat life as merely playing games and she accepted everything about him.

If she really had a chance to date him, she was willing to accept a few shortcomings he exposed in life.

He seemed to fall in love with her at first sight.

Blake took the initiative to get to know Gavin, and the latter stared at her for a few seconds and then began to ask her out for coffee the next day.

As just as her friend had said, no man could refuse her, later on, Blake naturally dated Gavin.

To Blake's surprise, when they got together, before she had time to discover Gavin's imperfections, his "confession" arrived.

She could accept Gavin's rich experience in love as well as his imperfections.

But she could not accept this "truth".

She was Blake, who was always described as being "perfect" and had countless pursuers.

How could Gavin treat her like that?

How could he bear to treat her like that!

Later, Blake understood that even if a man didn't love you, he could still act a gentleman in front of you. However, he would never care about how you felt.

For him, your sadness and struggle were nothing more than a silent drama unrelated to him.

Blake closed her eyes and looked sad, but she was trying hard to hold back her tears. "Why did you tell me?"

"You should know." Gavin said lightly, "You also have the right to choose."

"Choose?" Blake allowed herself a wry smile. "What choice are you going to give me after telling me the truth?"

Gavin said, "First, we can announce that we have separated, and I will compensate you."

He seemed to be talking about business. There was not even any emotion heard in his voice, let alone unwillingness.

From primary school to university, Blake had never had a lack of pursuers. She had dated several of them for a short time, but in the end, she found that no matter how outstanding they were at first glance, after she got along with them for a period of time, all kinds of shortcomings would always be exposed.

After weighing the pros and cons, she chose to end the relationship and put an end to her emotional commitment.

She was not sad, because she knew that that person could not bring her the life she wanted.

Gavin was like a curse that God had cast on her. This man was not only her dream partner, but also so dazzling that people could not take their eyes off him.

He just mentioned breaking up with her. She was already heartbroken, and there was a voice in her heart shouting,"No breakup! I cannot let this man go anyway!"

Blake's eyes turned red. She shook her head and asked, "What's the second choice?"

"Second, we will continue to be a couple." Gavin's tone was still indifferent. "I will pay you a certain amount of money as compensation, but you have to follow some rules. One day, if you don't want to maintain this relationship anymore, you can put forward breaking up with me. Our cooperation will immediately end and I won't force you to maintain it."

Tears welled up in Blake's eyes. "So, if I want to continue being with you, I can only maintain a superficially romantic relationship with you, but in fact, we are just partners, aren't we?"

"That's right." After a pause, Gavin continued, "If we don't hate this kind of relationship, we can get engaged or get married after a period of time."

If nothing had happened, and if Gavin had said the latter half of the sentence as soon as he entered the restaurant, Blake would have been very happy.

But now, her mind was filled with sorrow, and she did not feel an ounce of happiness at all.

Holding on to the last shred of hope, Blake asked in a trembling voice, "Do you really want to marry me?"

Gavin didn't answer her directly, but said, "You are smarter and more sensible than ordinary girls. I need such a marriage partner as you."

It was not because of love, nor did it have anything to do with romance; it was simply because she met his requirements.

"Gavin," Blake cried and said, "do you know that you made me suffer the greatest insult in my life? But, I seem to be enchanted by you. I can't bear to scold you... to leave you... What should I do?"

"I'm sorry." Gavin handed her a tissue. "I can give you everything aside from love."

Blake closed her eyes, but she couldn't stop her surging tears.

She once felt that as long as the man loved her and as long as he was unparalleledly excellent, even if she had no feelings for him, she would be willing to be with him.

Affection could be cultivated, but it was not so easy for her to meet a man who could meet all her requirements.

It was not until this moment that Blake realized that after falling in love with someone, a person would become greedy. She wanted everything about him, especially his love and pampering.

However, Gavin clearly told her that he could give her the best bread. But as for love... he could do nothing about it.

Blake's pride told her that she should refuse, for she was Blake, who could find a man who could give her love at any time after walking out of this Western restaurant.

At the same time, Blake's pride was also making mischief in her heart.

She had caused so many people to be fascinated by her and to bend to her. She couldn't lose confidence in herself just because she liked Gavin first.

No matter how outstanding Gavin was and how much attention he attracted, in essence, he was a man.

"How much temptation can he endure when so many women are hungrily eyeing a talented young man like him?

"Even if I'm just his nominal girlfriend, I still have a lot more opportunities than other women.

"There is a long way to go. I have plenty of ways to get to the bottom of the whole thing and make Gavin fall in love with me!"

Blake wiped away her tears and said, "I choose the second one."

Gavin was somewhat surprised.

When he was speaking frankly, he was not hopeful about it. Blake was indeed gentle, but she was still proud. He had thought that she would not agree.

"You know, I like you so much." Blake seemed to be particularly gentle even if she was helpless now. "I will stay with you for another period of time. When I fully understand the truth, maybe I will choose to leave..."

Gavin just replied, "You are free at any time."

He had tried his best to make it up to Blake, but he still felt sorry for her because of his request. As long as she wanted, she could break free of their cooperation at any time and regain her freedom.

This was the last thing he could do for Blake.

Blake let out a wry smile and said, "You know, I don't want you to give me such freedom."

"I'm sorry, Blake."

Gavin was really sorry, but he really couldn't do anything about it.

He didn't know when he could set aside his love for Wendy. Maybe he would bear her in mind for more than 10 years, just like Brian.

However, he would not be as lucky as Brian. He and Wendy would never have a chance...

Besides, he did not even know how long he could live.

Therefore, he didn't want to waste any more of Blake's time.

"This is my choice. You don't have to apologize to me." Blake stood up. "I want to go. Can you send me home?"

"I'm going back to have a video conference." Gavin said, "I'll have the driver send you."

Blake was very smart. She smiled and said, "You said that I should abide by a few rules. I guess that they must include that 'You won't interfere with my freedom, and I can't interfere with yours either', right?"

"..."

Gavin didn't say anything, but he really hoped that he and Blake would not interfere in each other's affairs.

Blake had already known the answer. She nodded and turned to walk out of the Western restaurant.

On the way home, Blake took out a photo from her bag.

In the photo, Gavin and Wendy were particularly eye-catching. They sat opposite each other. Wendy put the kabob she had bitten up to Gavin's mouth, and he opened his mouth and bit it...

Such intimacy made Blake envious.

No matter whether her guess was right or not, she would not easily give up on Gavin.

If she guessed correctly, she didn't have anything to worry about. The laws and ethics didn't allow a brother and a sister to be together.

If she guessed wrong, she didn't have to worry too much, either. She was more than capable of dealing with ordinary girls. She didn't believe that she would lose.

As she thought about this, Blake's tears gradually disappeared, and the injury in her eyes was replaced by a kind of cruelty.

She tried her best to disguise herself in order to win the heart of men like Gavin.

As a result, she would never give up so easily!