Despite how afraid Yvette was, she could only cautiously protect her abdomen. After what felt like an eternity, Xavier finally stopped. "Don't make me angry, Yvette." Xavier breathed heavily. Yvette could barely make out his words. She had a vacant look in her eyes as she asked, "Didn't you say you would never touch me? What do you think you're doing now?"After saying that, she buried her face in the pillow. Xavier failed to notice how pale her face had become. She then said, "Does your beloved know about this? If she knew, she would be angry, wouldn't she?"In the past, Yvette had thought Xavier could be heartless but also deeply loyal to the woman he loved. Now, she only found him to be unbearably unpleasant. When she said "beloved", Xavier knew she was referring to Daphne. "Did you think about that when you were with Claude?" His words pierced her heart like a knife.Xavier wasn't one to suppress his grievances when faced with a woman, especially not when the woman w
After Tristan had learned of Yvette's pregnancy, he had instructed the hospital staff to keep him updated on her condition. Upon hearing Tristan's words, Xavier felt his heart skip a beat. "What happened?" "I don't exactly know what's going on, but when I went to the hospital today, the doctors said Yvette had died." Xavier felt as if he had been struck by lightning. How could Yvette be dead? She had been fine just last night!Xavier stood up and instantly felt a bit light-headed. "What exactly happened?" "The doctors told me that Yvette was brought in late last night. She died today after they failed to resuscitate her." Without another word, Xavier grabbed his coat and left for the hospital.As he drove there, the words Yvette had uttered the previous night echoed in his ears. "Mr. Lane, would you be sad if I died?" For some reason, he found it difficult to breathe. He unbuttoned the top two buttons of his shirt but still felt suffocated.When he finally reached the ho
This had to be a coincidence! It had to be!If Yvette was the one who had saved Tristan, why had she never mentioned anything about it to him? And if it really was her, then what had he done to her over the years?Tristan put Yvette's medical reports away and returned to his office. He sat there for the whole night. Early the next morning, he called Daphne. "Let's meet, Daph. There's something I need to tell you."Daphne arrived in the private room of a restaurant, looking exquisitely dressed. A waiter came over and took her coat. Tristan's gaze fell on her smooth, scar-free arms. Four years ago, he had been in a car accident. He had been trapped inside the car, unconscious, and covered in blood. Disregarding the danger, a girl had selflessly reached through the broken glass window to open the car door by force. She had gotten a deep cut on her arm from the shards of glass. Jose had said that the wound would have definitely required stitches. Hence, it was impossible for t
Of course, Daphne remembered none of that. However, she was good at observing and reading other people's expressions. She noticed how peculiar Tristan was behaving that day and how he had kept looking at her arms when she had gotten there.Seeming to realize something, she pretended to reminisce about the past with him. "Of course I remember. You were all covered in blood back then. I'd been scared silly!"The car had been about to explode at any moment. I remember prying the door open to drag you out. I ended up getting all sorts of cuts and scratches on my arms because of that. "You've got no idea how gruesome the scars on my arms were after the wounds healed. Fortunately, I had a surgical procedure after that to have them removed."Daphne vividly remembered the wounds on Yvette's arms. She had met Yvette the day of the accident and had also asked about the scars.Had it been in the past, Tristan would have undoubtedly believed her words. But he had his reservations now.Bac
Tristan picked up his glass and downed his drink. "Xav, she's dead. Let bygones be bygones."As soon as he said that, he realized that he was actually speaking up for Yvette.But Xavier didn't realize that something was different about Tristan that day. The former continued to read on. Just as he was nearly finished, his phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Mark. "Mr. Lane, I've tracked down Claude's movements." Then, Mark sent him an address.When Xavier opened it, he saw that it was a small, remote county called Sangine County. It sounded a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it before.When Xavier didn't say anything after a long silence, Tristan couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter?" Xavier got up. "I have to go somewhere. Call me if anything happens." Without saying another word, he got his coat and walked out the door.Tristan wanted to ask Xavier where he was going, but the latter left in a hurry. Soon, Tristan was the only perso
"Poor Ms. Xenos. She didn't have a daughter herself, and she ended up losing the girl she had painstakingly raised as her daughter.""Right? I remember Yvette as a smart and well-behaved girl. Why did she leave this world at such a young age?""Living in a rich household isn't always a good life. The last time I saw her here, she looked like a completely different person. She was so skinny that a gust of wind could have blown her away.""Ms. Xenos and Yvette always talked about how good Yvette's husband was, but they were just lying to themselves and everyone else. During their three years of marriage, he never came here with Yvette, not even once!"Xavier felt a lump in his throat when he heard that. However, even after he had waited for a day, Viola and Yvette never came back.He snoozed lightly while simply leaning back in a wooden chair. He had only fallen asleep for a short while when he woke up in shock.He had dreamt of Yvette's death once more. At that moment, he had re
Besides sleeping and eating, Xavier spent all his time at his office working.Tristan ended up having to go to retrieve the belongings Yvette had left behind at Claude's apartment. He could sense that Xavier had changed.Since Xavier had returned, he had grown quieter. It was as if he was immersed in his own world.Tristan couldn't help but ask Mark, "What's up with Xav these days?"Mark shook his head. "I don't know either. Mr. Shaw, do you think that Mr. Lane has really fallen for Ms. Snyder?"When Tristan heard that, a strange look crossed his eyes. "Who knows?"After that, he got into his car and asked his driver, Matt Grogg, to get going. He leaned back in his seat and rubbed the spot between his eyebrows. If Xavier had really fallen for Yvette, then why had he been so eager to acquire Snyder Group?Xavier would have known how important Snyder Group had been for Yvette. James, who had loved his daughter to pieces, had built it from the ground up himself.If Xavier liked
Tristan wrapped his hands around his head and yelled.At the side, Avery asked in confusion, "Mr. Shaw, what's the matter?"Tristan returned to his senses. Staring at Avery, he said, "Let me ask you a question. Say someone saved your life, but you didn't know it and even treated her poorly. "Why wouldn't your savior tell you that she was the one who saved you? After all, you wouldn't have treated her like that if you had known!"Avery pondered it for a moment, then replied, "It's simple. The first reason could be that she thought I knew who had saved me, but I just didn't bring it up. She might have thought that I was ungrateful, so there was no point in her saying anything about it."The second reason could be that she didn't think saving me was a big deal, so there was no need to mention it."Not a big deal, so there was no need to mention it…When Tristan thought about it, he realized that Yvette had never actively brought up the things she had done for Xavier or anyone else