My Four Miraculous Treasures

Chapter 423

Xavier caught hold of her hand. "It stays on," he declared firmly. "It's my gift to you. You have to wear it."

The way he held her hand was preventing Willow from removing the bracelet. It created an unintentionally intimate scene, like two lovers holding hands as they exchanged warm words of affection.

As Willow opened her mouth to reject this gift, there was a sudden flash of light, blinding them both for an instant.

She twisted her head sharply towards the source of that light. A woman had her smartphone camera pointed directly at them. The photograph taken, she lowered the device.

The woman was clad all in name-brand apparel, the very portrait of wealth and luxury...

Yelena Anderson!

Seized by the grip of hysterical anxiety, Willow shot to her feet and stormed towards the other woman. "Delete that photo!" she commanded.

Yelena hid her phone behind her back. "What photo? I can't imagine what you're talking about."

Faced with blunt denial, Willow lunged at her. "The photo you just took, of the two of us! Get rid of it!"

Yelena dodged aside. "Who do you think you are, snatching at my things in full view of the public? I told you, there's no photo."

wrenched out of her hand. Whirling around in shock, she found Xavier holding

With his towering frame, this put it

it be that there's some sort of illicit relation going on between you and Willow Nason?!

your mouth!" Xavier snapped, glaring

Willow-but Xavier was another matter entirely. He was, after all, one of the scions and heirs of the Hughes family.

As he tossed the smartphone back to Yelena, he snarled in warning, "Stay out of my business. You're no one to

simply don't understand what everyone sees in Willow, to all be sheltering

her way

to Xavier, she said, "I'm heading back. It's been a long day, and I need

was supposed to avoid straining herself after her

jade bracelet, so that she could get it off,

her: "Keep that on, and don't take it off! Otherwise... you'd better get back in my

Willow finally replied, "Enjoy your

her wrist for the time being, she hurried out of the restaurant without further

was push her around. Whenever they thought- they'd found a

wasted no

it