My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 229

Chapter 229

Although I felt terrible when I heard that Alicia had committed suicide last night, I couldn't truly experience the pain of losing a loved one at the time. In fact, I thought that she took her life too lightly.
Although I felt terrible when I heard that Alicia had committed suicide last night, I couldn't truly experience the pain of losing a loved one at the time. In fact, I thought that she took her life too lightly.

However, I couldn't help empathizing with Shawn's deep sorrow. I also realized that there was a massive disparity between Alicia, the mother he described earlier, and Eliza, the woman who hated me! They were as different as night and day!

Alicia loved him and regarded him as her son. Not only did she have his best interests in mind, but her greatest wish was for him to live safely and soundly. Even when he went against her wishes and insisted on taking me as his wife, she eventually gave us her blessings.

Moreover, he mentioned that she was generally very easygoing. I suddenly recalled her gentle attitude toward me when I visited the Xenos' Villa for the second time. Honestly, it felt as though she had already begun to accept me at the time.

The gentle lady, who was always dressed in a glittering Gibson dress and only wanted the best for Shawn, had withered away in the end. Be that as it may, she would surely be reluctant to part with him. So, the highest possibility of this whole scheme was that her sister, Eliza, had forced her to take her own life!

I had no idea how much despair she experienced just before her death, but she didn't even give him a phone call and passed away without any warning... That had struck a lethal blow to him.

How was he supposed to recover from this!?

Even though he was clearly in such pain, he still made sure to comfort and reassure me.

I held his hand tightly as though I could transfer my strength and warmth to him. "I will stay by your side."

He used his other hand to caress my cheek. "Thanks. I need to go and keep vigil now."

I replied softly, "I'll accompany you once I change my clothes."

He planted a kiss on my forehead and left the room. Meanwhile, I went out and asked Anthony to bring me the Xenos Family's mourning attire. When I received the clothes from him, I returned to the room and opened the box to see a black glittering Gibson dress embroidered with a distinct pattern that I couldn't quite place. I changed into the clothes and wore a matching set of black high heels. As soon as I stepped out the door, he tied a piece of black cloth around my arm for the vigil. The words 'filial piety' were beautifully embroidered on the fabric.

When I left the courtyard with Anthony, I abruptly stopped in my tracks when I stepped out of the garden.

A graceful woman dressed in a black glittering Gibson dress stood in front of the rockery.


I knew she was deliberately waiting here for me, so I turned to Anthony and instructed, "Wait for me outside."

After Anthony left, she leisurely strolled to me. She circled me once, then chuckled softly and sneered mockingly, "You sure are similar to her. Both of you are so hateful! Renee, you are now the head of the Xenos Family. You own everything in the Xenos Family. In contrast, I don't have anything even though I'm the matriarch of the Xenos Family! Hahaha! Isn't it ironic? I'm his official wife! I should be co-head of the Xenos Family! But, in the end, I didn't even receive a single penny! You're nothing more than an illegitimate daughter. Yet, you openly took over the position as the matriarch of the Xenos Family and instantly became the most powerful woman in the world!"

I was not bothered by her insults because I had no intention of discussing these matters with her in the first place. Instead, I asked with a frown, "Did she die because of you?"

She curled her lips into a smirk and answered with another question. "Wasn't it because of you?"

Because of me? Is it because I got engaged to Shawn?

I stubbornly asked, "Did you force her to commit suicide?"

I wanted to hear the truth directly from Alicia's poisoned lips.

I dared to ask such a blunt question because I knew she would tell me just to gloat.

Her expression darkened upon hearing my question. "That's right. This is Shawn's punishment! It's his fault for being so smitten with you! I gave him a warning yesterday, but he didn't take me seriously at all!"

Her expression was cold and completely unrepentant, almost as though the person who died was nothing more than a chess piece to her!

Alicia was nothing more than a pawn that could suppress and hurt Shawn!

My eyes fluttered shut at her barbed words, and I said softly, "Your actions have hurt Shawn."

The woman before me did not deserve to be Shawn's mother.

Be that as it may, she was the one who gave birth to him.

She had adopted him when he was just a baby.

Without her, he would not exist today.

Hence, I was a little grateful to her.

I was thankful that she brought him to my side.

She suddenly stretched out her hand to stroke my cheek. Like Shawn, her fingers were cold. Nevertheless, their touch gave off utterly different feelings. His fingers might be cold, but they did not incite fear from the bottom of my heart.

In contrast, her fingers felt like poisonous snakes crawling all over my body. I quickly took a step back and heard her ask, "Are you that afraid of me?"

I calmly replied, "I don't like others touching me."

"Hah! You think you're so great." She stretched out her hand and touched the piece of cloth tied around her arm. Her voice was unusually apathetic. "Shawn has already lost a mother because of you. If you don't want him to lose another, then I suggest that you better stop hanging around him!"

How can she be so cruel as to threaten me with that!?

I balled my hands into fists as I looked at her steadily and declared, "Shawn respects you because you are his mother. However, you have harmed his other mother. You have already corroded his respect and patience for you. If you continue doing this to him… Aren't you worried that he might cut off all relations with you? Besides, I will not break up with him just because you threatened me! He is not a man who will allow himself to be controlled by others!"

She nonchalantly responded, "It's just death. Let's see who is more ruthless. I will admit defeat if Shawn is willing to sacrifice both his mothers for you!"
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