My Four Miraculous Treasures

Chapter 422

Willow had said what needed to be said. Now, she got up to leave.

Xavier caught hold of her hand. His hand felt hot and sweaty against her skin.

Startled by this move from him, she instinctively yanked her hand free of his grip. “Xavier Hughes!” she shrieked. “I believe I've made myself clear! Perhaps you got the wrong idea, after that incident with the car?! Let's get this straight: I didn't do it for your sake; I did it at Samantha's request! Anyway, there were two lives in danger! I'd have done exactly the same for a complete stranger-and that's why I was willing to do that for you!"

Willow was distraught, overwrought. Her eyes, clear as a mountain spring in a secluded valley, caught the light and sparkled beautifully, as she gazed up at him.

What she needed to do was get him to give up on her. Jasper had been explicit on that point.

What happened that night, five years ago, had irreparably severed the relationship between Willow and Xavier: Xavier had cheated on her with Samantha, while Jasper had forcefully stolen away Willow's virginity.

From that day onwards, Willow and Xavier could only go through life as two parallel lines, never to intersect again.

Willow sincerely wished for Xavier to get over her, so that he could get on with his own life. He'd fall in love with another girl, who would return his feelings with all her heart. They'd get married, have kids, and live happily ever after together.

mooning over her like this, was a

She feared that talking about the past like this might bring some long-forgotten sentiment bubbling to the surface, and encourage Xavier to keep on thinking that

heart was deeply wounded by

to ram his car with her own, in order to save his life... he'd seen it as proof that she still

Xavier was prepared to take on the whole world, if that was what it took for them to be

really felt nothing for him anymore. Nothing could possibly hurt him

thing even for a complete stranger? So it didn't matter at

wind off from his sails completely, snuffing out that precious flame of

tabletop, his expression wrought with indescribable misery The glow of the chandelier overhead caused a diamond upon Willow's throat to

shaped like a cloud, and inlaid with multiple diamonds. Xavier stared at it, frowning. "Who gave you that

diamonds upon it flashed and twinkled

“I bought this with my own money, if that's cool with

million dollars. You say you bought it? With your own money?" Xavier lifted his gaze to meet hers, his

with shock. What?! This diamond-encrusted