Chapter 198

Xavier considered the young woman walking ahead of him with a cryptic, unfathomable gaze. It was impossible to read from his eyes about what he was really thinking behind his layers of masks.

Perhaps his intention had become an enigma even to himself.

He laughed, as though amused by himself, and murmured under his breath, “Oh, you’ll be very mad at me, I’m sure. But you’ve gotten to this point, Jeanette. I can’t back out of what I’ve done… So neither can you.”