My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 227

Kevin's words echoed and slowly constricted my heart like poison ivy. My head was buzzing, and I suddenly remembered Alicia's text message during the day. I never thought that those threatening messages would turn out to be true! I never thought that she would have the courage to do that! Instead of making a fuss, she chose to commit suicide after Shawn and I announced our engagement!
Kevin's words echoed and slowly constricted my heart like poison ivy. My head was buzzing, and I suddenly remembered Alicia's text message during the day. I never thought that those threatening messages would turn out to be true! I never thought that she would have the courage to do that! Instead of making a fuss, she chose to commit suicide after Shawn and I announced our engagement!

I swiveled my head and anxiously looked at the man beside me. At this moment, his eyes were somber and went hazy at the news.

Kevin's eyes were red-rimmed as he choked on his words, "According to Kiara, Mrs. Xenos committed suicide in the Xenos Manor."

Shawn swiftly turned and stalked off. When I saw this, I immediately followed him downstairs. The instant he rushed out of the villa, he swiftly headed to a black Bentley.

Kevin and Diego also got into the car. Meanwhile, I stood at the door and called out to Shawn, feeling uneasy.

It didn’t help that he merely side-eyed me with a cold and bloodshot gaze.

However, he quickly reigned in his emotions as he closed his eyes and inhaled deeply. Finally, he said, "Wait for me in Eldham."

Although Shawn wasn't Alicia's biological son, he still had some degree of familial affection for her. As his fiancée, I wished to stand by his side and accompany him, especially at this moment.

Yet, Shawn thought otherwise. He definitely seemed to be unwilling for me to accompany him.

So, it didn’t matter how discomfited it made me. I still took a step back and replied obediently, "Okay. I'll wait for you at home."

Diego, on the other hand, tried to help by putting in good words for me. "Shawn, she's your fiancée now. No matter what happens, you two should face it together. Why don't you just let her follow you to the Xenos Manor?"

As expected, Diego was the most emotionally mature of the three and the one who understood my thoughts the most. Nevertheless, Shawn ignored him and gave Kevin his orders, "Kevin, I'll let you be in charge of the wheels. Drive us back to the Xenos Manor!"

I was a little dazed by his rejection as I stood frozen in place. Emma's comforting voice suddenly sounded as she reassured me, "He has his own considerations."

I nodded slowly as I thought, Truthfully, I don't blame Shawn. Rather, I can understand why he acted the way he did. After all, Alicia hates me the most, and now, she even committed suicide due to us being engaged. What she's doing now is showing Shawn her strong objection to our engagement by throwing away her own life. It's clear to me that she succeeded in achieving her goal. All of a sudden, a vast gap seemed to appear between Shawn and me. But Shawn has two mothers. So, which one was the one who committed suicide?

My phone decided to ring when I was still confused and immersed in my thoughts. It was an unfamiliar number, but when my mind ran through the numbers, I came to the conclusion that it belonged to Eldham's area code.

I walked back into the villa, sat at the dining table, and asked, "Hello, who is this?"

A gentle and graceful voice came from the other end of the phone, "It's me, Kiara."

She was the one who called Kevin just now.

I feigned ignorance as I asked, "And to what do I owe the pleasure?"

She promptly replied, "I saw Shawn's Twitter post."

That's it? She can't be calling me just to say this, right? Still, I held myself back from replying. Then, Kiara mused enviously, "I've learned about his existence ever since I was a child, but I never got the chance to know him until the day he returned to the Xenos' Residence when he was 20. It was at that moment that I had a clear view of what my future husband looked like. He was handsome, tall, yet ruthless! To be honest, I didn't mind if he was cruel toward me. All I cared about was if I could be his wife. Obviously, your existence disrupted everything. It was my first time seeing him attend to someone in such a gentle manner when I saw him holding you tightly in his arms on that rainy night the moment you showed up in front of the Xenos' Residence. It was also at that time that I realized he wasn't as merciless and heartless as I knew he was. He just had no feelings for me. From that moment onward, I knew from the bottom of my heart that I had lost everything!"

At this moment, Emma once again climbed up to the cabin, lay down, and enjoyed basking in the moonlight. She even began playing games on her mobile phone.

I took a glimpse at Emma’s form, then lowered my voice as I replied dispassionately, "You can't possibly be calling me just to talk about these things, right?"

"Renee, he has always been keeping a low profile. But now he’s being so flamboyant when showing affection for you. He announced you as his fiancée in front of all netizens on the Internet and even promised you a marriage date."

Kiara's hoarse voice continued to sound through the phone, "I'm very jealous of you. I resent that you could catch his attention and receive his affection. But I'm no lesser than you! I appeared in his life earlier than you and even received the entire Xenos Family's approval! So, what rights do you have exactly?! How could you rob me of my place?! How could you steal the man I love away from me?! I love him! I don't know what I can do in my life other than marry him! Since I was young, I have been trained to be a good wife to him! So, tell me: what am I without him?!"

She kept venting her feelings throughout the conversation, and judging by how she didn’t allow me more than a sentence edgewise, she was nursing this for a long time. Not once did she mention anything about the death of Shawn's mother. Nonetheless, I couldn't just callously brush her off. After all, she was a pitiful woman. She was merely a woman with a Feudal era mindset under the education of the Xenos Family, which was shocking since we were well into the 21st Century.

I inadvertently raised my head and saw Charles coming toward me from afar. I thought for a while before I comforted Kiara by saying, "You shouldn’t use Shawn as a measuring stick of your self-worth, and love isn't based on a first-come, first-serve basis. I'm not sure why I was able to catch his eye. But he loves me, and I love him. No matter what, we still stick with each other through thick and thin! Kiara, you are still young and brilliant. I'm sure you will meet someone better than Shawn in the future. But first, you need to learn how to let go and move on. Who knows, you might encounter a better future."

Kiara went silent at my words before suddenly blurting, "Renee, Mrs. Xenos has passed away."

I pretended that I didn’t hear of this and played up the concern in my tone, "When did this happen?"

"Just now. The news of your engagement with Shawn triggered her. Shawn has always respected Mrs. Xenos, and they have lived with each other in the Xenos' Residence for so many years. And now, because of your love, he has lost his mother. Even if you know that continuing to be in a relationship with him will only hurt others around him, will you give up and leave him? You won't, Renee. I’m not that cowardly that I would leave simply due to a temporary rough patch. Hence, it's useless for you to persuade me. I will not give up even if you and Shawn get married in the future!"