Chapter 224 Do You Have Designs on My Husband?

Jeanette stopped in her tracks, her gaze instinctively settling on William. His eyes were steady, as if the words he had just spoken had come straight from the heart. She narrowed her eyes slightly, studying him, unable to tell what possessed him to say something like that. Three full minutes passed in silence. Jeanette did not say a word. Sometimes, silence itself was a form of refusal. William understood. He withdrew his gaze, a faint trace of self-mockery flashing through his eyes before he said, "I was joking. Don't take it seriously." Jeanette looked away. "That joke wasn't funny. Don't make it again." William said nothing and continued walking toward the center of the banquet. But both of them knew that what he had just said was not a joke at all. Jeanette did not dwell on it. She only found it absurd. Back then, she had refused to divorce no matter what, yet William had been so resolute and so unwilling to give her even a chance. Now he suddenly wanted to change his mi