Dumped My Cheating Ex. Now I'm Sleeping Next to a Billionaire CEO novel Chapter 1389

Mercedes, who was just walking in, paused for a moment. Ignoring Nina, she walked straight to the sofa and sat down gracefully.

Emmy glanced at Nina and spoke in a calm voice. "She won't be able to poach anyone. Besides, I hope you won't question my decisions so casually in the future."

Reprimanded, Nina awkwardly scratched her hair, her small face flushing red. In the White family, she was still young and hadn't yet taken professional bodyguard or etiquette courses, making this her first time serving as a bodyguard. Because of this, she always subconsciously blurted out whatever was on her mind.

"Oh... I understand," Nina said as she obediently retreated to the side of the bed, though her eyes remained vigilantly fixed on Mercedes.

Watching this unfold, Mercedes curled her lips into a mocking smile. "This is your new bodyguard? She looks very young, doesn't seem to know any rules, and is quite inexperienced."

Emmy leaned against the headboard and replied lightly. "She indeed lacks experience, but I can train her slowly."

Taking a deep breath to suppress her tears, Mercedes continued. "Shelly... James's biological mother, thought that as long as I stepped in, she could make her son lose interest in you. She believed that my presence alone would be enough to stand in your way. Little did she know, she was pushing me into a fiery pit." Mercedes shook her head in self-deprecation, her expression desolate. "Perhaps she never cared whether I lived or died anyway. In her eyes, I'm just a useful pawn, and she was only taking advantage of me."

She slowly lowered her hand, cradling her injured wrist against her chest once more. Looking up, she fixed Emmy with a complicated stare. "Emmy, I lost, and I lost thoroughly. Although I still don't understand why James likes you so much, enough to abandon his principles for you. But if I could do it all over again..." Mercedes's gaze grew distant, as if piercing through time to see the version of herself before she fell in love with James. "I probably wouldn't appear in front of James anymore. I would continue to maintain that distant yet close relationship with him, acting as his sister in name only. I like him, but I love my career more, and I love shining under the spotlight even more."

At these words, Mercedes's tears finally could no longer be held back and fell.