His tone was icy. “Don't try to deceive me with your pretense, okay?"

Katie, pale, tried to explain, “But Mitchel, I genuinely care.

Mitchel cut her off, not even sparing her a glance, "You should leave now."

Mitchel's coldness made Katie clench her fists as if she had endured it for a while. She asked, "Mitchel, is your distance from me because of Raegan? But are you aware she doesn't have any feelings for you? She's completely indifferent to you... How could she leave you so easily?"

Katie was livid. How could Mitchel embarrass her for such a heartless woman?

Mitchel suddenly asked, “Did Raegan just come here?"

Katie, taken aback, denied, “No, I haven't seen her."

Mitchel's indifferent tone followed. “Do you think you're being clever, Katie?"

“Excuse me?" Katie raised his head, meeting his piercing gaze. It was a look she'd never received from him before.

Instead of feeling cherished, Katie felt exposed under his scrutinizing eyes, her heart racing. She felt unexpectedly agitated.

Mitchel said icily, “You remember the incident where you falsely claimed to be my fiancée in front of Raegan? We haven't settled that yet. Don't spout nonsense again, or you'll only harm yourself. Regret would be your only companion."

Katie's complexion drained of color. With tears brimming, she asked, “Are you threatening me, Mitchel?"

Katie harbored the illusion that she was the only one who could get close to Mitchel after a five-year company. Yet, over those years, she had actually spent more time with Luciana. Mitchel's heart remained icy. He never fell in love with anyone.

Katie, however, failed to see the reality and believed she was special, thinking Mitchel's indifference toward her was solely due to Raegan.

Mitchel's face was expressionless, his voice devoid of warmth. “This is not a threat. If you do this again, I will follow through.

Katie's complexion instantly lost its color. She just sensed a lethal tone in the man's words.

With eyes brimming with tears, she uttered, Mitchel, does my love for you make everything I do seem wrong? You..."

Mitchel cut her off with a frosty tone, “Loving someone isn't wrong.

But the way you go about it disgusts me."

At his words, Katie was trembling all over. The man she cherished for so many years had just said her love for him repulsed him... He found her repulsive!