"Huh?"Xavier looked at the pretty lady leaning on him with a dismayed face, feeling complicated. Not only he was confused, he even felt like laughing.'What relationship?'If he remembered correctly, the last time they met was at a banquet; they nearly got into a fight over the question of whether Stefan and Renee should reconcile. The scratch on his arm had just started forming a scab.If that was the 'relationship' she was talking about, it would certainly be unusual!"Don't just stand here, darling. Say something, don't make me look like a third wheel…"Leia acted as if she was a bystander. She exaggerated her actions and pinched the man's arm quietly.Her first thought was… 'Wow, this guy's muscles feel really hard!'Shirley's eyes got even redder, and they were now filled with glistening tears. She bit her lip and, devoid of expression, said, "Yeah, say something, Xavier. I can accept whatever your relationship with her is. Just don't… don't make me look like the third wh
Shirley looked tender and lovable like a tiny white bunny, but the curves that lined her slender figure were extremely alluring. She was the woman that men would desire most. Her face especially resembled Renee's, which was the reason he fell for her at first glance. Perhaps this was what love at first sight meant. And because of that, he loved her submissively for four years…As for Leia, she was not unlike a fox, blessed with a pair of bright and enchanting eyes. Her skin wasn't nearly as fair as Shirley's, but it had a glowing tan that denoted its flawless condition. She exuded an elusive wildness as if she was the wind in the air that nothing could trap.Contrastively, Leia's personality was very similar to Renee's. She was straightforward, cheerful, and impartial. Her mind was also filled with brilliant ideas, in complete contrast to the usual superficial girl that craved attention.In terms of who moved his heart more, it was certainly Shirley. But given the chance, he would
Leia reacted as if she had seen a ghost and shunned a good distance from Xavier the moment they were in the room.She listened to Shirley's wail in disbelief."Xavier, you scum. Are you going to let her be like this? You are the infamous simp of Beach City… ahem, I mean the most loyal man. Why have you suddenly become so cold-blooded and heartless?"Xavier crossed his legs and leaned against the door casually. He nocked his chin up a little and stared at the woman nonchalantly. "Didn't I just make it very clear that you are my true love? Desolating my true love for the sake of an unworthy old flame is simply not worth it!""Bleurgh!"Leia pretended to puke and punched the man. "You'd better stop," she growled. "I've just had breakfast. Don't make me puke and waste food!"'Haha! How hilarious. If I am Xavier's true love, the Sun will rise from the west."As the descendants of the Great Eight of Beach City, they had known each other since they were young. Though they had little in
Leia frowned in confusion. "Doesn't she have her heart set on you now? As the top star, she disregarded her public image and cried so miserably outside just to win your heart back. What else do you want from her?"Xavier remained silent, a deep melancholy still permeating his eyes."So, I would say that it's not that sincerity is worthless, but it was you who wasn't sincere. You are just unwilling to accept that you got no love in return. Now you've gotten it; you start to act cocky again…""What do you know?"Like a bear that was being poked, Xavier lost all of his calm. His eyes turned cold, and he pushed Leia onto the big bed, sneering. "You're an idiot in love and have no experience at all. Do you know what love is? Aren't you a little too presumptuous to talk about it when you have never experienced it?""Who-who told you that I have no experience? I have lots, I…"Leia looked into the man's beautiful eyes, and her heart started to race inexplicably, and she stammered involu
The atmosphere was very ambiguous. The two of them were about to kiss each other. Suddenly, Leia seemed to have regained her wits. She abruptly raised her legs to kick Xavier off the bed. After that, she leaped and stood up. "All men are scumbags. What's more, you're that scumbag Stefan's buddy. Birds of a feather flock together. You'll only be worse than him!" However, Xavier seemed completely unperturbed. Half sitting on the carpet, he propped his arms up and revealed a carefree smile. "I'm glad to see you have such an awareness. Keep this in mind. Don't ever tread the path of love. This thing is devastating. One can only lead an easy life without love." They bade each other goodbye before they took their respective flights to fly to Sun Island, which was near Quartz Island. They did not know that their destination was the same. They boarded the plane to the edge of Sun Island before they got a private speedboat to go to the island. The speedboat heading to Sun Island o
"You're very smart. Money does indeed resolve a lot of conflicts..." Xavier was wearing a floral shirt, beach pants, and a pair of flip-flops. Although he had dressed humbly, he appeared very natural and casual, especially with the innate aura of a wealthy heir that he exuded. So, he appeared very noble and elegant. He did not at all look like a poor man. At a glance, he saw Leia, who was sitting on a high chair, and unconsciously broke into a charming smile. "Naughty kitty, we meet again. If nothing happens between us, given our destiny, I'm afraid we'll disappoint God." Leia glanced at him and said angrily, "Xavier, don't you have anything else to do? Why did you stalk me instead of coaxing Shirley?" "I didn't stalk you." "Stop lying. If you didn't stalk me, how would you know this dock and book this speedboat..." Leia sighed, "I know I made a big joke today and sewed discord between you and Shirley. When I'm free, I'll explain to her well. But please do me a favor and do
"That's impossible!" "I'm going to my bestie's utopia," Leia stressed. "She won't expose it to others easily. How would that scumbag know? Are you trying to fool me?" Xavier remained calm and smiled with a profound meaning. "Is there a possibility that Stefan isn't an outsider to your bestie?" "If he's not her outsider, then he is her enemy. She'll never tell her enemy her last sacred place, so there must be... some kind of deception!" "As for that, why don't... you call and ask her?" Putting both of his hands in his pockets, Xavier kindly reminded her. Leia frowned. After a long hesitation, she took out her phone and exclaimed fiercely, "I'll call my bestie now and expose your cunning scheme!" Raising his brows, Xavier gestured for her to go on. "You're more than welcome to do so." Soon Renee answered the phone. When she learned that Leia happened to be with Xavier, she nearly screamed on the other end of the phone. Renee shouted, "Dang! There are a total of 197 coun
'Is he really as dumb as a dog? If he isn't, how is he always so foolish and happy-go-lucky all the time?'He's a rich heir. It's fine if he likes to take selfies, but he even made a peace sign while taking selfies. It's so unsophisticated. He looks so foolish that people can't hate him at all. Click! Click! Click!Xavier was completely unbothered by Leia's gloomy face. He excitedly took a few dozen photographs before he started picking and editing the photographs with satisfaction and had them up on social media in no time. "I'll upload a post on Facebook. If not, my buddies will think that I'm dead." He purposely picked a photograph in which Leia gave the most cooperation. He did not even edit it before he happily posted it on Facebook. He even added a caption."My wonderful island trip with my world-weary buddy."Of course, there was no way Leia could see that. Although they had known each other since they were young… they were strangely not friends on Facebook up unti
"I don't know how to tell you. I'm sure you can understand." Renee could not bring herself to say more because it was a humiliating privacy. She might as well keep it to herself."Let me guess…" Justin's gaze grew sharp as he went straight to the point. "The man in your story is Stefan, isn't it?" Silence washed over Renee as she kept her head bowed. It was a silent approval.Justin burst into reckless laughter, which was scary. He looked down at his cut wound and laughed pathetically. "This is why he could make you fall in love with him, and I couldn't. I'm too cultured compared to him.""Don't say that, Haze!"Seeing how defeated Justin was, Renee became uneasy. "It isn't written in the stars for us. Plus, I've fallen in love with Stefan a long time ago before I even got to know you. I also rely on him physically and psychologically. I can't control my feelings. It's not something we can change. We…" "Stop!" Heartbroken, Justin pushed away everything in front of him and s
Time passed by. Gradually, the pain knocked some sense into Justin. He no longer wanted to take advantage of Renee."Let me get you some water." Renee had no idea what she could do for Justin. After some contemplation, she got to her feet and poured him a glass of water.Finally, she studied the room closely and found that it was a wedding room as Justin had mentioned. Everything was set up according to her preferences, which she had occasionally mentioned to Justin. For example, she loved keeping some ceramic ornaments on the bedside cabinet and hanging some seashell wind chimes at the windows. The entire room was painted in beige and green, which were her favorites, too. Beige gave a sense of warmth, while green gave a sense of gloominess. All of those details became the perfect wedding room for Renee.If everything went on smoothly, she would spend most of her time there, and he would be her life companion. Unfortunately, there were no ifs in the world.Renee handed the gla
Renee covered her lips, her tone filled with disbelief. "I…cut myself." Justin leaned against the corner and frowned deeply. He was in deep pain."Why did you cut yourself?" Renee was scared out of her wits and grew more sober. In her panic, she threw herself at him and tried to stop his bleeding.Justin reacted aggressively as he waved his dagger and warned fiercely, "Get away from me! Don't touch me!" "I…" Renee paused, too afraid to act recklessly. She pointed at his wound and said, "I'm just worried about you. You're bleeding. It must hurt a lot. Why did you hurt yourself?" "It's better to be in pain!" Justin gnashed his teeth and said in agony, "The pain will knock some sense into me, so I won't act like an animal and lose control of myself.""I see…" Stunned, Renee was moved to tears. She understood why he cut himself. Surprisingly, he wanted to stay sober and not be controlled by the drug in the wine.He could have used her to satisfy his desire, and she would never b
"You're playing with fire!" Justin leaned close to Renee's ears and said fiercely, "What do you think there is in the wine? Maybe I'm not someone who will take liberty on women, but I can't promise that the wine won't make me so." "So, you're saying that the wine…" Suddenly, Renee realized the wine was not as simple as she thought. She also understood why Rose had behaved in such a mysterious manner. "Stay…away from me!" Suddenly, she became frightened and wanted to keep some distance from Justin. She knew that people could not be trusted completely, especially under the effects of chemical reactions. Things would certainly get out of control. Justin probably did not want to do anything to her, but both of them would lose their minds under the effect of the wine and do something that would fill them with regret. The only way to prevent such an incident was to avoid each other."You want to stay away from me, but it's too late now. I'm no saint. I'm just a normal guy!"Just
"I'm so thirsty!" The burning sensation of the wine made Renee thirsty. She wanted to drink some water.In the dark, she heard some rustling. The next second, something was on her lips. It seemed to be someone else's lips. She wondered if someone had secretly kissed her."Who are you?" Renee grabbed the person in front of her and interrogated angrily, "How dare you kiss me without my permission! Do you know who I am? I'll cut off your lips!""Let's see if you can do that or not." The man sounded dull and drunk, but he was also overbearing.Although Renee was drunk, she could discern who it was. She called out in the dark and tried to confirm her doubt. "Haze…?" "Yeah, it's me," Justin admitted, but he did not plan to let her go. He used a more overbearing manner and trapped her between him and the door."What do you want?" Renee panicked. She wanted to kick him away, but she did not resist when she learned that it was Justin. After she had done so many things to hurt him, s
The servant walked forward with trepidation and helped Justin back to his room. Austin's eyes were dark. He whispered to his assistant, who nodded and immediately carried out his order.After two glasses of strong wine, Renee felt dizzy and could not stand steadily. "It's weird. Is this wine this strong? I just had two glasses of it, but I feel quite dizzy." It was hard for her to exit the hall. She could not stand properly, so she supported herself against the wall."Ms. Everheart, you didn't seem well. Let me help you to get some rest." Austin's assistant caught up to her and stood behind her. He even sounded respectful. "It's… fine. I can go back to my room." Renee waved; she didn't want to trouble others. Besides, she did not want others to see how miserable she was. She had assumed that she was good at drinking and would not get drunk, but it seemed like she had overestimated herself. After two glasses of wine, she became quite drowsy. She would not easily leave if s
Renee blinked and smiled brightly at Justin, asking him, "Are you worried about me?" "No, I'm not worried about you!" Justin said angrily. "I don't want you to get killed here. I can't explain it to your brother and kids. It's hard to handle the three of them."He was not lying. Although he had befriended Quinton, Adie and Abby might make a scene there if they realized that Renee had drunk so much wine at the party. They were witty, always full of ideas.Hence, it was better not to cause trouble. Before they could make a scene and things get out of control, Justin must stop Renee. He wasn't worried about her at all. "So, you're not worried about me?" Renee's gaze turned dull as she sighed. "It looks like you didn't forgive me. So, I must drink this glass of wine." Something was wrong with Renee, or perhaps she just wanted to torture herself. It seemed like she insisted on drinking the wine. She swung off Justin's hand and gulped down the wine."You're out of your mind!" Justi
The aged white wine was strong. Ordinary people would find it hard to drink a glass of it. Yet, Renee had drunk two glasses of it consecutively. It was a little dangerous. Everyone at the dining table was initially watching the fun, but they showed Renee some pity after she drank two glasses of wine consecutively. After wiping her lips clean, Renee staggered and said to Justin, "Let me toast to you now. I've wronged you the most." Justin, sitting there, said with a poker face, "You don't have to say sorry to me. We don't hold each other any grudge. After all, we can't make others fall in love with us.""No, I must apologize to you. It's for my sake." After that, Renee used a bigger glass and filled it with wine."Whatever!" Justin frowned and ignored Renee. He had no idea what was wrong with her. He had yielded and let her off, but she stubbornly wanted to keep drinking the wine.He wondered if she had forgotten the fact that she had just recovered from a serious illness. She
Suddenly, Justin became mature and stopped making jokes. He talked steadily and was no longer emotional. It filled Austin with worry because it made him feel like Justin was an emotionless robot.In comparison, he liked Justin's previous self better. At that time, Justin was simple and sentimental. He was the grandson Austin doted on the most.Sophia grinned and commented, "Dad, you don't have to worry about Justin. Men will change. Previously, he was just a childish kid even though he was in his twenties. He didn't know how to see through people's pretense. But he's all grown up now. He knows what's right or wrong. That's a great thing!" As a mother, she naturally did not want her son to get hurt. Although she favored Renee and wanted the latter to be her daughter-in-law, she would give up since Renee had let her son down and harmed him. All she wanted was to see Renee get away from her son."Yes, you're right. People need to grow up. He has grown up a lot lately, but the price