Every word from Jeremiah hit Xavier directly, leaving him silent.
Sensing his advantage, Jeremiah grew more smug. “Xav, do you really think Yvvy loves you? She’s just transferred the love she had for me onto you.
“If it hadn’t been for me, she never would have been with you. Do you know how she used to hold my arm and say she wanted to be with me all the time?” Xavier couldn’t muster a reply.
Yvette couldn’t hear what Jeremiah was saying, but she could see Xavier’s expression darken. After a long while, Xavier finally handed the phone back to her. “What did you two talk about?” she asked, puzzled.
Xavier pulled her into his arms. “Nothing important,” he replied in a hoarse voice.
Yvette tried to push him away. “Let go.”
There were people watching. Besides, she had told him she needed time to reconsider; she wasn’t ready to just get back together with him. But Xavier didn’t care. Seeing this, the bodyguards around them all turned their backs.
Xavier lowered his voice. “Yvette, the letter you left me before… Was everything you said true?”
In the past, Yvette had written to him, saying she’d never loved him and had always mistaken him for someone else.
Yvette was taken aback. She didn’t know why he was bringing up the letter, but she didn’t deny it. “Yes.”
“What about what happened last night?”
“You were drugged, weren’t you?” Yvette countered. If it hadn’t been for that, she wouldn’t have wanted things to go that far.
For some reason, Xavier could taste a bitterness on his tongue. “Then when you came back from abroad, why did you keep…”
“Didn’t I make it clear? I just wanted to have you. After all, I never had you before, and after spending three years with you, I wasn’t willing to give up just like that,” Yvette replied.
She thought that now that Xavier had regained his memory, it was time for her to leave. They were never meant to be in each other’s life.
“So, you plan to leave after getting what you wanted? And you’re going to take my children with you?” Xavier asked, enunciating each word.
Yvette froze, realizing he was talking about the two babies she was carrying. She knew it was pointless to deny it; during the time she had gotten pregnant, she had been with Xavier nearly every day.
“You can come to see the children whenever you want after they’re born,” she replied. As she still
needed to reclaim the Snyder el.ne
family’s assets, she wouldn’t be
leaving Tirion anytime soon.
Xavier’s anger dissipated slightly at her words. “So, you’ve made up your mind? You’re not going to be with me?”
“Yes.” Yvette nodded. Now that she had her company and wealth, she didn’t need to rely on anyone. She had no intention of going back to being the Lane family’s daughter-in-law.
“So, all this time, you were just placating me when you told me we could start over as long as I didn’t harm the children?” Xavier’s eyes reddened with emotion.
He desperately wished he could see; he wanted to know what expression Yvette was wearing. How she could keep changing her mind like this?
Yvette clenched her fists. “We’re just as bad as each other. Weren’t you lying to me about still having amnesia?”
Xavier realized that he was truly powerless against her right now.
Yvette then suggested a
compromise. “If you don’t want a divorce and are worried about public scrutiny, we don’t have to separate. But we won’t live as a married
couple; we’ll just be friends.
She figured she might never get married again in this lifetime. But to not live as a married couple and just be friends? How was that even possible?
“Yvvy, how is that any different from a divorce?” Xavier asked.
“But isn’t that how you treated me before?” Yvette countered.
Xavier was at a loss for words.
Just as Yvette was about to say something else, a call came in. It was from an unknown number.
A man’s voice she didn’t recognize came through when she answered the call. “Ms. Snyder, right? I have your son with me.”