Chapter 123
“As long as you’re willing to let me and Noah go and let bygones be bygones.”
Xavier tightened his grip around her a little. “No way.
He thought Yvette had been right before. There was no way they could be friends when they had been husband and wife. If she was going to leave, he would have to die first!
The light in Yvette’s eyes dimmed, and she smiled bitterly. “If I had known that you’re someone who holds grudges, I would’ve asked to call off the marriage beforehand.”
It was another regret of hers! Xavier remembered her saying how she regretted marrying him, and his face turned colder.
He stopped talking to her, and it got quiet in the car as they drove in the dark.
Yvette was slightly drunk, and her face was red. He thought she had caught a cold from him, and he reached out to place his hand on her forehead.
However, before he even touched her, she instinctively avoided him.
His hand was left hanging in mid–air. Then, he tried touching her again, this time without bothering. about whether she tried to avoid him. She didn’t have a fever.
“Do you feel great after drinking so much?”
He was asking the obvious, and she ignored his question. Instead, she asked, “When can I see Noah? He’s a timid kid, and I’m worried he might be scared of being alone in an unfamiliar place.”
“That’ll depend on how you perform,” he said.
She was confused. “What do you mean?”
He reached out again, and she didn’t avoid him. Instead, she just watched as he placed his hand on her cheek. She couldn’t help asking, “I don’t understand, Xavier.”
“What?”
“Have you fallen for me?” she asked slowly.
If he did like her, she wondered why he wouldn’t let her touch him.
His hand froze, and he quickly pulled it back from her face. Then, he returned to his usual cold self again. “Of course not.”
As Yvette had expected, Kiki had been overthinking this when she had thought that Xavier had fallen for Yvette.
Yvette figured a proud man like Xavier would never like a woman like herself. It made sense to her why he would reject her when she threw herself at him.
Yvette calmly chuckled. “That’s good. If you suddenly fell for me, I wouldn’t know what to do. It’s better if you continue to dislike me.”
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She wasn’t lying. In fact, she thought to herself about how she had loved him for so long, yet he had never felt the same way. Instead, he had even hurt her.
If he told her that he loved her one day, she would be at a loss about whether to forgive him and be with him again. Was there another option?
Xavier didn’t know what she was implying.
“What about you?” He looked straight into her eyes. “Do you still like me?”
Yvette looked back at him and shook her head. Just as his face fell, she said, “I don’t know. What I do know is that I can now sleep peacefully without you beside me…”
Although she spoke calmly, every word felt like a sharp arrow piercing through Xavier’s chest. As the car drove on, Yvette couldn’t see Xavier’s eyes turning red because of how dark it was.
He leaned against the door and didn’t notice the changes in her either. She had become talkative after some drinks. She didn’t care if he was listening and continued to speak her mind freely.
“I know what you hate the most–lying. Now, the Snyder family is gone, and we’ve received our karma. If I could return the money and projects the Snyders got because of your family back to you, would you let things slide?”
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