When Yvette heard that, she held Xavier's hand and hugged him. Then, she gently kissed his lips. That was all she planned to do. However, he set the plates down and placed his hand behind her head. Then, he kissed her more passionately.Xavier didn't know why, but when they were doing something so intimately, he couldn't see any emotions in her eyes at all. He felt upset and bit her lip.Yvette winced in pain. She wanted to push him away, but he grabbed her hand tightly. So, she bit himback for revenge, and she didn't stop until she tasted blood.Xavier breathed heavily as he held her face with his big hand. "Look at me and say my name."She looked up and noticed the reddened lips she had bitten. "Xav." She was emotionless and wasn't the same young woman who only had him in her eyes anymore.Xavier's heart ached, and his eyes reddened a little. Then, he picked her up. He didn't care about her rejection anymore and placed her on the couch. "Say my name!"Yvette didn't know what
The bedroom was filled with James' belongings from when he had still been alive. One of the items was a portrait of Yvette that he had painted. After he had passed away, Yara and Terrence had failed to manage the company well. In the end, they'd had no choice but to put every valuable item in the house up for auction.When Yvette had returned to the country, she had tried her best to find everything James had left behind, especially this portrait. She had been less than 20 years old in the portrait, sitting on a balcony in her white dress. She was smiling while holding a large bouquet.Yvette slowly walked to the portrait. When she saw it, she immediately thought of James. When he had been painting the portrait, he had looked so kind.She reached out and gently touched the portrait. She could barely get the words out of her mouth. "I thought I would never see this portrait again."James had painted it for her, and it was priceless. She had never expected that Xavier would be
The fireworks dazzled in the sky and disappeared in an instant. A couple stood near Yvette, and the woman held the man's hand while saying, "Let's be together forever." Yvette looked at them from behind and suddenly wanted to be in a relationship.Ever since she had started to like Xavier, she had rejected every man who had been interested in her. She had never dated anyone and had married Xavier just like that. She had never experienced being in a relationship before. She looked at the dark sky and started to tear up. Then, she softly said, "Dad, I'm having regrets now."She regretted marrying Xavier and regretted insisting on choosing someone who didn't love her.The fireworks ended at 8:30 pm, and everyone left the scene. When Mark arrived to pick Yvette up, he saw her standing there alone. She looked really lonely from behind.Mark remembered how his fiancée had told him that a person had to make someone they loved feel safe. One couldn't let another woman affect their rela
After Yvette ended the call, Claude called her. She hurriedly answered, and he said, "I brought Andy to see Daphne again today."Her heart skipped a beat, and she wondered if Andy really was the one who hurt Daphne."That woman actually wanted to kill him. If it hadn't been for my men, he would've died today." Claude told Yvette that he had wanted Andy to see Daphne's true colors. So, he had kept telling his men to arrange a meet-up for them.However, the foolish man, Andy, had been unwilling to believe it. He had even gone all the way to Daphne's house that day. At first, she had pretended to comfort him. Then, she had drugged him with some sleeping pills. After he had fallen into deep sleep, she had turned on the gas to cause an accident that would kill him.Unfortunately for her, Claude's men had found out what was happening and took her away by force. Daphne had been afraid and started hurting herself. She had even accused Andy first by saying that a fanboy had trespassed
"Don't worry. I'll be responsible for everything," Claude said.Yerick knew he was pretending to be oblivious and stopped persuading him. "Do you want to hear some gossip? Xavier's sweetheart got hurt. "He's so good when managing his business, but why is he a bad judge of character? Why did he choose someone so terrible?""I'm not interested," Claude said coldly.Yerick realized he had said something he shouldn't have. After all, Daphne wasn't Xavier's only choice. He had also chosen the woman Claude loved to be his wife. So, Yerick quickly changed the topic. "When are you going back?"Claude looked out the window with his dark gaze. "I'm going to stay a little while longer."Yerick couldn't help feeling worried. The scions of the Lander family had been eagerly targeting Claude for a long time. Since he had been away for a long time, it would be bad if anyone else in the Lander family got the inheritance rights.…Daphne weakly lay on the hospital bed with bandages around
Xavier's eyes reddened as he looked for Yvette like a madman. However, he still didn't see her after searching in multiple rooms, and he was about to send some people to check the airport. When he arrived at the backyard, he saw Yvette sitting on a chair there. He finally stopped feeling anxious.Yvette couldn't sleep, so she was getting some fresh air outside. Then, she saw Xavier approaching her anxiously. She had thought that he wouldn't return that night. As they looked into each other's eyes, he ran to her and pulled her into his embrace.Yvette's body was slightly stiff under the dim light. She didn't see how red his eyes were or how anxious he was."Why aren't you in the bedroom at this hour?" Xavier asked in a deep voice.She thought he was being ridiculous. "Why must I be in the bedroom at this hour?"Xavier was stunned, and he didn't know how to answer her. He also didn't know why he had felt so anxious when he couldn't find her earlier.Before he could say anything
Xavier suppressed the intense anger in his heart. Then, he held Yvette's face in his hand and kissed her right away. Yvette finally realized that his hand was hurt earlier, and it was still bleeding. She didn't feel bad for him. Instead, she tried her best to avoid him."Did you forget what I told you earlier? I won't keep my word anymore."Xavier's kiss landed on her cheek. When he heard what she said, he started breathing heavily. He tried to explain, "I owe Daphne a favor, and I have to pay her back."When she heard that, she felt something stuck in her chest. "Then, don't you have to pay me back too?" He might think that Daphne had saved Shannon's life, but Yvette saved his life! She didn't understand why he would be so biased toward Daphne.However, Xavier didn't know what she meant by that. He thought she was referring to how he had given her the cold shoulder during their three years of marriage."I promise that we'll have a happy life together from now on." It was the
It was the first time in history that Xavier's bank account had been hacked. Mark hadn't expected it, and he had been stunned for a long time after receiving the news at midnight."Have you found out who did it?" Xavier was only surprised for a split second, and he calmed down after a short while."Not yet." Mark paused for a while and added, "It happened too quickly, and we weren't prepared for it. When we finally learned about it, the money was gone."He thought it was weird. The person who had hacked into Xavier's bank account only took more than seven billion dollars. He also wondered why the person hadn't just hacked the bank itself when they were so bold and skilled. Since they had purposely hacked Xavier's private account, they had obviously been targeting him."You have one day." Xavier hung up right after saying that.It wouldn't be that difficult to infiltrate a person's account. The difficult part would be transferring the money out of there. At that moment, only th