My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 94

The address Shawn gave led me to the front entrance of the airport. The moment I got there, I saw a few luxury cars parked by the side of the road, right beside the 'No Parking' sign. People who could afford to leave their cars there were clearly powerful individuals. Among the cars was a black Mercedes Benz that had a car plate number made up of ones. This was clearly Shawn's car. He's probably waiting for me in the car.

I left my vehicle in the allocated parking spot before I got out of the car to walk to Shawn. However, right before I opened the door to the Mercedes Benz, I heard an annoying voice call my name from behind. "What are you doing here, Renee?" This was a voice I despised.

This woman simply refused to learn her lesson. She never knew who she could or couldn't afford to mess with. However, she had the capacity to act recklessly since she was the heir of the Yates Family. Right now, she was also Nicholas' fiancée.

"Is that any of your business?" I asked without turning around. I couldn't be bothered to look at her. "How's your illness?" she asked in a sarcastic tone. I kept my lips sealed. I truly hated the woman behind me, and it gave me a headache to see how persistent she was. I could just open the door to the Mercedes Benz, but I didn't want her to see Shawn.

I was just about to turn around to curse at her when I caught sight of the man beside her, and I froze for a moment. I didn't expect Nicholas to be there. It wasn't just him—it was also everyone else in the Yates Family, except Benedict. Even Nicholas' aunt was there. Nicholas was probably there to pick the Yates Family up from the airport, although I didn't know if he was there to pick up his aunt or Alice. Either way, it didn't matter to me.

When Alice saw the surprised look on my face, she purposely wrapped her arm around Nicholas before ridiculing me. "Renee, you had new gossip just two months after your incident at the church. This time, you even got the Xenos Family from Bryxton involved. And I heard that you kissed Merlin a while ago as well… What a flirtatious woman you are!"

I used to think that Josephine was the dumb one, while Alice was slightly better. However, it seemed like both of them were equally brainless. I narrowed my eyes and gazed at Nicholas, who quickly wriggled his arm out of Alice's grip. It was as if he was saying that he didn't want to be a part of this catfight.

If this had happened in the past, he would have cared for me a little more. He once said that I was his bottom line that others couldn't afford to mess with, yet he didn't seem to be doing anything right then. It was just like how things had turned out two months ago. Technically, Nicholas only made a deal with Quinn so that I would survive, so I shouldn't blame him for anything. His intentions were good, after all. Yet, what he said about my infertility truly hurt me.

All the shameless pleads and wails ended after I heard him talk about my infertility. I no longer begged him to bring me home after that, nor did I continue to stop him from getting married. All I wanted to do then was to escape the place. I was lucky that Shawn had shown up then!

As I returned to reality, I sighed as I thought about how meaningless all of this was.

An embarrassed look surfaced on Alice's face after Nicholas shoved her arm away. "I hope you stay healthy," she uttered out of nowhere.

"Do you have a brain?" I shot her a puzzled glare.

This was the first time Alice had seen me speaking so directly, and her face turned pale after that. "I can't be bothered to explain anything to you after I've already made the post online! So what if I kissed Merlin? I am a single, divorced woman who has the right to be with anyone I want to. Furthermore, what do my and Christopher’s rumors have to do with you? I could immediately marry Christopher if I wanted to, or I could continue flirting with Nicholas—all of this is possible since I'm single. I can go wherever I want and be with anyone I like, including my ex-husband, Nicholas," I hissed.

Alice wore a grim look on her face while Nicholas glared at me with flames dancing in his eyes. I returned the gaze while laughing. "I'm just giving an example, of course. I'd never have anything to do with Nicholas again. This man is in the past, and I don't like looking back at lost relationships."

"That's enough," Nicholas reminded me in an icy tone. This was the first thing that he had ever said to me in the past two months, and I could see the burning rage in his eyes as he spoke. "Do you still love me?" I asked him with a smile. "I just happen to be infertile, but you still love me, don't you? I'm standing right in front of you now, Nicholas. Are you sad because you can't have me?" I targeted his feelings with a sharp tone.

He glared at me speechlessly. At this point, both Alice and Nicholas' expressions were grim, while Roxane, who was standing by the side, quickly stepped in to cool them down. "I don't know about how youngsters date nowadays, President Felix. However, whatever you're talking about is in the past. Now, Nicholas is Alice's fiancé, and I believe that we all know our limits here. We shouldn't do anything to hurt anyone," she uttered and paused before continuing. "Anyway, we shouldn't allow young love to come in the way of the Felix and Yates Families' harmonious relationship, right?"

I only had a decent relationship with the Yates because of Benedict. Once Benedict retired, I was certain that Yates Corporation would fall under my control. This would be my punishment for Alice's disobedience. However, I would have to come up with a long-term plan for that. "Of course," I replied with a smile.

Then, I rested my back against the car before I continued to speak to Alice. "My dear President Yates, you've always been the one who uses sarcasm on me, and you even threw a glass of red wine at me. What did you get in return? A scar on your forehead? You've never gotten anywhere good. If I were you, I would've learned to listen to orders. Please keep an eye on her, Madam Yates."

There was a faint scar on Alice's forehead, and I figured that it was similar to the one on my face. These scars were tough to remove, but she asked for it! Alice glared at me angrily, but she knew to control herself since Nicholas and Roxane were around. Roxane continued to apologize to me. "I'm sorry, President Felix. I'll keep an eye on her from now on."

They didn't seem to want to leave after that, and I stared at them until they felt embarrassed to just stand around. In the end, Roxane was the one who suggested leaving. The moment their figures turned around, I hastily opened the door to the car.

Moments before I got into the car, I saw Nicholas glancing at me. Our gazes met, and I found myself troubled as I suspected that he saw Shawn. Well, so what if he did see Shawn? Nicholas isn't the type of guy to pick a fight.

I smiled at him, but his face remained pale as he parted his lips to speak. "What's your relationship with Shawn?"

"Why don't you take a guess?" I responded quietly. Then, I hopped into the car as fast as I could. Since it was summer, the car's air conditioner was on full blast, and I felt a cold wind the moment I entered. I turned sideways to find Shawn looking down at the laptop on his legs. He seemed to be handling some matters, and he didn't greet me when I got into the car. Instead, he simply sent orders to the driver. "Drive us to Algen Tower."

Algen Tower was the most famous office building in the whole of Bryxton. Once the driver started on the journey, the car was filled with pin-drop silence. I was certain that Shawn had seen everything that happened between Nicholas and me earlier, yet he didn't question me at all. This man didn't have an ounce of curiosity in him. Any regular man would've asked me about it.

However, I didn't mind his distant demeanor. The main reason I was there was to talk about Kevin, anyway. Since Shawn was busy with work, I decided not to bother him. Instead, I sat beside him obediently, and I waited for him in the car after we got to Algen Tower. He had matters to deal with in the building.

This went on until the sun went down—I had waited for about five hours in the car. Throughout this period, I scrolled through Twitter as I was afraid that Kevin would do something rash. Fortunately, everything seemed peaceful on the Internet. Well, it wasn't entirely peaceful—just the tweet that Kevin had made using Xenos Solutions' official account was enough to trigger the loving side of all the netizens. Many of them were 'shipping' Shawn and I—we were the new popular couple on the Internet.

The truth was that Shawn and I weren't related at all—at least not in any romantic manner. As I was contemplating this matter, I saw Shawn's lanky figure heading out of the Algen Tower. His footsteps were firm and solid, and his expression was as cold as usual. All the wealthy ladies around him were too afraid to hit on him, so the most they could do was tag along behind him. Even then, they only followed him up to the front entrance of the building.

The driver opened the door for Shawn. The moment Shawn bent to enter the car, he fixed his gaze on me, and a peculiar look began to form in his eyes. It was almost as if this was the first time he looked at me today. Could it be because of what I'm wearing? He might be a simple and pure man with no desires, but he's still a man. It's only normal for him to feel attracted to a pretty lady like me, right? This isn't love, though—it's just the way a guy looks at a girl.

"Don't wear this type of clothes from now on," he ordered with a frown. I knew that my outfit was what had caught his eyes. "Why?" I asked.

"You're too exposed," he responded in the same cold tone. I stared at him speechlessly. This was the first time he had ever made a comment about my outfit. Is this the first time he's paid attention to my outfit? How much has he been ignoring me?

I lowered my gaze to look at my white, cropped singlet. I was tempted to argue that my outfit hadn't offended him in any way, but I didn't want to start a fight with him, so I decided to swallow any resentment that I felt. I simply rested in the backseat of the car while staring out at the night view outside the window. A while later, the driver asked me for my apartment's address. I told the driver where I stayed, and he sent us back to the apartment.

Once we arrived, I led Shawn to my house. I realized that we hadn't had dinner, so I headed to the kitchen to prepare food, but I then realized that I didn't know how to cook. "What do you want to eat tonight?" I asked Shawn.

"Anything." He entered and changed into indoor slippers before sitting on the couch. Then, he opened his laptop and got back to work once more. Since he didn't say much, I pulled my phone out to order out. It wasn't that I didn't know how to cook—I had actually cooked thousands of times throughout my three-year relationship with Nicholas. I knew how to cook all sorts of cuisines. But since I woke up in Sundew 4 months ago, I no longer felt like entering the kitchen. I even convinced myself that the only thing I knew how to make was instant noodles and porridge. I didn't want to revisit the trauma of the past.

After a while, I lowered my phone and went over to sit beside Shawn. I saw him scrolling through Twitter. Is he going to deal with my matters now? He sure is busy. He probably only found the time to deal with this now.

Shawn scrolled down to see the video of Christopher and I. "I came here to look for you nine years ago." The audio from the video sounded as he tapped into it. I was standing downstairs in the video, and Christopher was on the second floor. We seemed like we were gazing lovingly at one another in the video. I turned to glare at Shawn for a moment. I wanted to turn the video off, but I didn't dare to touch his laptop, so I had no choice but to explain myself. "I couldn't fall asleep that night after I got to Bryxton, so I drove over to that spot. I didn't expect Christopher to be there as well," I said.

Up until then, I had no idea who was the one who filmed the video. The video sounded once more. "I used to love you so, so much—just the sound of your name used to send tingles down my spine. I would've jumped in front of a car for you! I still feel nervous even as I look at you now!" I was speechless. This entire situation was frustrating—Kevin had just recited my words to me this morning, and Shawn was replaying the video right now. Fortunately, he didn't seem interested in it, so he stopped the video and turned to me. "How do you think we should deal with this?"

"What?" I asked dazedly.

"The netizens wouldn't stop making guesses if we just deleted the repost from Xenos Solutions' official account. We have to make a clear statement," he said.

"Should we get a staff member from Xenos Solutions to be the scapegoat for this matter?" I suggested.

"What?" He raised an eyebrow.

"We can say that one of the staff members was too supportive of us as a couple and that they were too involved in our relationship and desperately hoped for us to be together. So, that staff member hacked the company's official account to post that tweet. We can say that we've fired the staff member." I came up with a random idea.

"Us… as a couple?" Shawn mumbled.

"How is that possible, right? I don't even like you." The minute I finished my words, I slapped my hand over my mouth. Why was I so straightforward? Well, I guess it's nothing. He once said that he's not someone I can fall for, right? His words were more hurtful.

Shawn's expression stiffened when he heard my words, but he didn't ask anything more about it. Instead, he logged into the company's Twitter account before he typed some words out elegantly. His slender and fair fingers landed firmly on the keyboard, and anyone who had a finger or hand fetish would definitely fall for him. Just the sight of his fingers made me feel like sucking on it. Yes, I wanted to put his fingers in my mouth and suck on them. It was atrocious how perfect his fingers were. My face turned red just at the thought of them. Why am I fantasizing about him like this? I even imagined the way his hands held onto my waist earlier today.

I was made speechless by my thoughts. I should really keep my distance from him. Shawn used Xenos Solutions' official account to post a simple tweet. 'The tweet posted that day was made by a staff member who was trying to create rumors. We have dealt with the staff member.' Then, Shawn deleted the previous tweet. His latest tweet was short but impactful, so I was sure that the hype would die down by the next day. "Thank you, Sunny," I uttered while heaving a sigh of relief.