In the Lap of Luxury by Unsweetened Chestnuts

Chapter 658 Returning Home

However, Grace became agitated. She took his hand.

"Why shouldn't she? I want to know about your past, but you never tell me anything."

"I know what you should know and what you shouldn't. Some things are too dirty, and they would defile your ears."

Xander rolled the window down slightly and looked outside.

"We're lovers. Do we need to withhold anything from each other?" Grace looked at his silhouette.

"No matter what it is, as long as it's related to you, I would never find it dirty."

Her voice seemed to pierce right through Xander's heart, and he frowned.

"I like Hazel telling me these things, because I can see a different Xander. You underestimate me. I know what the world is like, and I'm not as sheltered as you think I am." Grace sighed and grabbed his hand again. "Xander, I hope that in future you'll tell me about your family, friends, and work."

He looked back, and there was a rather disoriented look in his eyes.

He hadn't expected Grace to be so magnanimous and accepting. Perhaps it was because he had always seen her as someone who was out of his reach.

Now, it surprised him to find that she was willing to try and understand him.

woman." Xander tucked away the loose strands of hair behind

bear the burden of so

had not dared to express his

and she

thick and thin. I'm your girlfriend. We don't need to talk explicitly about these things."

Xander dropped Grace home, he returned to

She was sitting on the couch with a shawl wrapped around her shoulders. She had obviously been waiting for him for a while. "Tonight, Raymond took

cold, as it always was when she spoke

looked weary. "Even men of Dad's standing would seek the comfort of a gentle embrace when they face setbacks." Hestia

to Victor! Her niece! It was so obvious what they were trying to do. They want to form

and lit

the smoke. "Besides, you and Dad are already divorced. What do you mean by taking your

"Your father has remained single for all these years, and I

he married anyone else,

but

marry

fight him to

Xander, the

is all for