Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1702

Shannon stood rooted to the spot and stared at Benjamin. Her eyes trembled slightly.

His fingertips pressed gently against the Bentrix Stone resting against her chest. Even through her clothes, she could feel a faint pulse as if it were a beating heart.

She'd always known this stone was special, but she'd never imagined this so-called rare and undiscovered mineral to be his heart.

He'd given her something as important as the Core Vein Stone. It was a tool that could both recover her spiritual energy and absorb the purified supernatural energy within her bones.

It'd been Benjamin all along. Though he'd chosen to hide his identity as the Dragon Vein, he'd always been protecting her in his way.

Shannon's heart felt like it was wrapped in something warm yet tinged with sorrow.

When she looked up at Benjamin, it was as if she was looking at another version of him through the soft glow of the golden light—the one she knew so well.

For a long time, she suppressed the emotions in her heart. Though she tried to appear calm, her voice carried a hint of hoarseness she couldn't quite hide.

She asked, "You're telling me this because you want to take it back?"

As soon as the words left her lips, there was a hint of nervousness flickering in her eyes that she'd never noticed.

Logically speaking, if this stone was truly the Core Vein Stone of the Dragon Vein, Benjamin, as its rightful owner, had every reason to take back half of his heart.

But deep down, she didn't want to give it back.

This was Benjamin's gift, and it was the only proof she had that he was always with her, not as some National Dragon Vein but simply as her fiancé, Benjamin Cooper.

Benjamin met her gaze. Her eyes quivered slightly, yet she tried to act composed.

His fingertip still resting against the Core Vein, Stone seemed to sense the rhythm of her heartbeat through the stone's surface.