Chapter 229

Xavier couldn't be bothered with anything else now.

Yvette's eyes went wide. "You bastard!" she hissed, eliciting a chuckle from Xavier.

"If I'm a bastard, why did you use to love me half to death?"

Yvette was overwhelmed by the smell of alcohol on him. She realized he was drunk and speaking out of control. "I don't want to talk to a drunk. Let go of me."

"No." Xavier's embrace became more possessive. He leaned closer, his breath hot against her ear. "If I let you go, you will run away with Claude, won't you?"

Yvette struggled to free herself from his hold, but Xavier refused to let go.

His voice grew more desperate with each word.

"Why did you betray me? Didn't you promise to love me forever? Why didn't you keep your word? Do you know how I felt when I first saw that kid? I fucking thought he was my son!"

The drunken man expressed all his grievances.

"And yet, he told me that Claude is his father! Hadn't it been just a short time since we lost our child? And you were alread