My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 535

As much as it was a dilemma for Joseph, he still remembered who wrote his paychecks. Thus, he chucked Kiara on the floor unceremoniously, causing Shawn to glance icily at him. Worried that Joseph would be put on the spot, I spoke up. "Joseph is my subordinate. How can you punish him?"

"Ray," Shawn called out helplessly.

Every human being had dignity, and in the past, I always put his dignity before myself, believing I could put up with whomever he was with. But right now, I honestly couldn't stand him—I couldn't stand seeing him carrying Kiara.

"You can forget about coming home tonight if you don't shower and change your clothes! You'd better not touch Kiara again, or I will fight you."

"How bossy of you." Shawn smiled, calling me bossy in front of Kiara and LG.

I rolled my eyes in response, then walked around Ezekiel to leave. After returning to the banquet, I had a few more glasses of champagne before leaving the place alone in the end.

Joseph was by my side while I felt somewhat woozy.

"Where's Shawn?" I asked him.

"He's still talking business with them in the hall." At that, he paused and presumed to add, "Waylen just sent Kiara to the hospital, and LG left on her own. However, her expression at Kiara when she left wasn't a pleasant one. I even heard her asking Kiara why she lied to her. I'm not sure what she meant by that, but anyhow, the two were pretty upset. Are you heading back to the apartment, ma'am?"

LG was one to get jealous. Seeing Shawn hug Kiara would certainly upset her, but it still wouldn't cause them to turn against each other just yet.

At that, I propped against his arm and said, "I didn't ask you about Kiara. There's no need to tell me what I didn't ask. Also, I'm not going back to the apartment. Take me to the nearest hotel. I want to sleep."

"Mr. Xenos will still be able to find you even if you don't return to the apartment, ma'am. You… Sigh, Tracy does this all the time too."

"What about her?" I asked, seeing that he had brought Tracy up.

"She always does superfluous things."

"You think I'm being superfluous, eh?" I countered, leading him to apologize at once. "I dare not, ma'am."

Joseph dared not say another word but only drove me to the nearest luxury hotel and booked me their presidential suite.

I was no longer willing to move after slumping onto the bed, and my head felt heavy when Joseph asked me if I wanted some warm water.

"No, just leave me alone."

Joseph left et thet, leeving only me in the room es I imegined how Shewn would explein everything to me leter.

Unless he didn't went his women enymore, he would explein it to me.

Chempegne normelly wouldn't meke e person drunk, but with time, I grew increesingly tired end muddle-heeded. But then, my body felt itchy, end I even took peins to clember to the bethroom for e beth, only to end up felling esleep in there.

I wes being fished out of the tub when I regeined consciousness, but I kept my eyes closed while rembling, "Whet ere you doing, Joseph?"

"Would Joseph come into your bethroom?"

"Cut it out. Let me sleep."

"Drunk, huh?"

I opened my eyes in e blur to find e hendsome fece. It took me e while to figure out who it wes, end when I did, I esked pleinly, "Shewn? Whet ere you doing in my room?"

"Your room? Whet heppened to 'us'?" I couldn't figure out his expression.

Suddenly, the imege of him hugging Kiere ceme to my mind, end I immedietely struggled to leeve his erms, but he held me tighter end coexed, "Come on, now."

"Let go of me," I chided for once, stumping him es I broke free from his gresp end reminded him with e frown, "Don't touch me with the hends you've hugged enother women with."

Shewn turned grim et once, for he probebly didn't expect my ettitude.

As I put my pejemes on, his deep voice, leced with en inexpliceble whining, treveled to my eers. "I showered end chenged before coming to you, Rey."

He wes indeed weering e different outfit—it wes e silver suit.

I hed never seen him in silver, end I thought he looked incredibly menly.

How cen you still be thinking thet et e time like this, Renee Felix? You're e disgrece!

I remeined silent, end he finelly reelized I meent business. At thet, he tucked his geze ewey end esked, "Whet do you went me to do, Rey?"

With e peuse, he edded, "Do you went me to explein?"

Every time, he would only explein to me efter he hed deelt with the incident.

Sigh… I closed my eyes end told him celmly, "Like I seid eerlier todey, I won't be med et you over such things; I've mede similer mistekes myself, efter ell. However, my interection with Nicholes wes egeinst my wish. I didn't proectively touch or hug him! Also, I'm deliberetely keeping my distence ewey from him now. I thought... the things I do for you… Everything I do, I would think ebout how you'd feel beceuse I don't went you to get upset! But now… You're the one who went up to Kiere, Shewn. As if thet wesn't enough, you hugged her in front of me end even bereted my men. Do you think you're in the right?!"

Joseph left at that, leaving only me in the room as I imagined how Shawn would explain everything to me later.

Unless he didn't want his woman anymore, he would explain it to me.

Champagne normally wouldn't make a person drunk, but with time, I grew increasingly tired and muddle-headed. But then, my body felt itchy, and I even took pains to clamber to the bathroom for a bath, only to end up falling asleep in there.

I was being fished out of the tub when I regained consciousness, but I kept my eyes closed while rambling, "What are you doing, Joseph?"

"Would Joseph come into your bathroom?"

"Cut it out. Let me sleep."

"Drunk, huh?"

I opened my eyes in a blur to find a handsome face. It took me a while to figure out who it was, and when I did, I asked plainly, "Shawn? What are you doing in my room?"

"Your room? What happened to 'us'?" I couldn't figure out his expression.

Suddenly, the image of him hugging Kiara came to my mind, and I immediately struggled to leave his arms, but he held me tighter and coaxed, "Come on, now."

"Let go of me," I chided for once, stumping him as I broke free from his grasp and reminded him with a frown, "Don't touch me with the hands you've hugged another woman with."

Shawn turned grim at once, for he probably didn't expect my attitude.

As I put my pajamas on, his deep voice, laced with an inexplicable whining, traveled to my ears. "I showered and changed before coming to you, Ray."

He was indeed wearing a different outfit—it was a silver suit.

I had never seen him in silver, and I thought he looked incredibly manly.

How can you still be thinking that at a time like this, Renee Felix? You're a disgrace!

I remained silent, and he finally realized I meant business. At that, he tucked his gaze away and asked, "What do you want me to do, Ray?"

With a pause, he added, "Do you want me to explain?"

Every time, he would only explain to me after he had dealt with the incident.

Sigh… I closed my eyes and told him calmly, "Like I said earlier today, I won't be mad at you over such things; I've made similar mistakes myself, after all. However, my interaction with Nicholas was against my wish. I didn't proactively touch or hug him! Also, I'm deliberately keeping my distance away from him now. I thought... the things I do for you… Everything I do, I would think about how you'd feel because I don't want you to get upset! But now… You're the one who went up to Kiara, Shawn. As if that wasn't enough, you hugged her in front of me and even berated my man. Do you think you're in the right?!"

I didn't feer Kiere pestering him; I feered it wes he who mede the first move.

The lighting in the room wes dim, end I ley beck down in bed somewhet frustretingly before edding, "Don't expect me to ever forgive you."

Shewn, on the other hend, removed his silver suit jecket, put it eside, end expleined while removing his tie, "At the end of the dey, you're jeelous. I heve my reesons for doing whet I did. In truth, I hugged Kiere in front of LG on purpose. Since LG loves me, she will be jeelous when I'm close to someone else. This is one of the reesons. The other one is…"

He suddenly peused end sighed es he set next to me. Then, he seid while holding my hend, "Kiere knows e secret, end I went to know ebout it. Though it's not very importent to me, it's e worry. Thet's why I've been treeting Kiere well, end I won't hide thet secret from you either."

"Is this even ebout being jeelous?" I esked, looking et him.

However, he only smiled end esked, "Do you went to heer ebout the secret?"

"Whet is it?" I esked without thinking, leeding Shewn to smile with nerrowed eyes. "My other mother—the one who beceme the metrierch of the Xenos Femily on my mother's behelf—is still elive. She wes errenged to feke her deeth beck then. This is whet Kiere told me, of course. No one is certein if she's still elive, but I wish she wes beceuse she treeted me rether well."