Chapter 604

By the time Giselle returned to the living room, Donovan was already coming downstairs. He looked like a kid who had just been falsely accused. He rushed up to her and gripped her shoulders. "Babe, you have to hear me out. I swear nothing ever happened between me and that woman. I didn't even touch her hand." Giselle forced a smile. "There's no need to explain. Whatever happened between you two, I don't care. It's already in the past, so there's no point digging it up again. And honestly, I understand you had needs. After all, you went a whole year without me." Donovan frowned in panic. "What's that supposed to mean? You don't trust me? Giselle, listen. I need to explain everything from start to finish so you know I'm innocent. That woman was only—" "Please, that's enough." She cut him off and said evenly, "You might have your own assumptions about my past too, so let's just leave everything unexplained. I don't want outsiders draining our relationship anymore." With that, she tu