To Be Yours Again novel (Jenny and Alex) novel Chapter 220

Chapter 220 | Could Never Marry Her

Facing his friend, Paul didn’t hide things from him. He told Alec about his situation with Stephanie and asked, “Do you think I’m wrong?”

“Of course!” Alec responded at once. “If you really like her, you have to pursue her the right way and make her your girlfriend. And if you don’t like her, quit wasting her time. Now you’re forbidding her from being your girlfriend, yet you’re not letting her go. I’d call you a motherfucker, but you’re worse than that.”

He had no idea what his friend was thinking. If he liked her, why was he treating her like this? Who could accept it?

Paul frowned, his expression solemn. “You know what my family is like. I could never marry her.” He didn’t want things to be this way, but he knew how the Wagners worked. If he got together with Stephanie, he wouldn’t just be making her miserable; he’d be hurting her too.

Alec grew quiet. The Wagners were much more complicated than the Fausts. Alec could pursue whomever he wanted, but Paul had no such liberty.

“So you’re planning on keeping her here forever?” Alec asked, frowning. His emotions were jumbled together.

Paul sighed and looked out the window, lost in thought. “I don’t know, either. All I know is that I don’t want her to leave.”

“The Wagners are indeed very complicated, but if you like her, you’ll have to remove the threats to her safety. That’s how it should be.” Alec stared at his friend, not wanting him to walk down the dark path.

But when Paul heard him, he burst into laughter. “Me, liking her? What’s there to like about her? I was just bored, and she happened to walk into my life. I’m just playing around with her.”

Alec was frustrated at his friend’s nonchalance. “If you don’t like her, I’m going to take her away. Jenny and her parents are looking for her.”