Chapter 38 Are You Out of Your Mind?

Xander did not even twitch when he spotted Claire. With his head held up high, he asked in a loft voice, “Just when can you return my family’s shares to me, Claire?”

He did not beat around the bush at all. It was clear he wanted this matter resolved quickly, but Claire had a lot of time on hands today. Hence, she refused to let him have his way.

“How did you find this place?” she asked.

Xander proudly puffed out his chest. “This land belongs to the Morgans.”

Ah.

It was no wonder that Robert knew where she stayed. The production team would always let the people in charge know where they would be filming next. Since her dearest junior had gone viral exposing Claire as C. S. Lawrence, the information that she was currently at the film set was practically public knowledge.

There was nothing strange about Xander’s ability to know where she was, then

With her hands behind her back, Claire imitated his arrogance and asked, “When are you hosting another engagement party with Clarissa? I’ll have a great gift ready for you two then.”

A great gift?

Her gift for the last engagement party had utterly humiliated the Donovans. Still, she had another gift in mind!

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Xander nearly choked on his own saliva. Claire’s tongue had turned sharp. recently, making her a rather difficult woman to deal with.

“Don’t change the subject, Claire. I’ll ask you once more. When will you return the shares to me?”

“Are you crazy?” Claire looked at him with amusement sparkling in her eyes. “I finally got my hands on the Morgan Group shares. Why would I give them tc you?”

Xander spat out through gritted teeth, “You stole them!”

“Hah!” Claire burst out laughing from anger. Was Xander here to pull her leg?

“In that case, your dear Great-Grandpa is my accomplice, right? We stole your family’s shares, right?”

“You!”

that he was afraid of Sean,

his right hand was curled into a tight fist. “I’m being very polite

had lost interest in talking to him anymore and rolled her eyes

marry me, but you’re still dreaming of being my wife, aren’t you? Why else would you cling to me in this matter? You know

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you keep bothering me, right?

blinked. Xander was being so

she eventually said, “You should get a checkup done at the hospital, Xander. You are

you have the guts t say that you’re not just playing hard

speechless. After all, logic only worked with a normal person. No amount of logic could

clamped around her arm and darkly said, “Le go.”

would never have approached Claire if he were not backed into a corner since his family refused to

he tightened his grip around Claire’s arm instead of letting

look flashed in Claire’s eyes. Unwilling to waste her breath, she raised her other hand and grabbed the thumb of the hand on her arm. In one hard twist, she pulled it back so forcefully that

go of me, Claire! Let

how bad he was at tolerating pain. It was simply-ridiculous that he had the nerve to challenge

rolled around on the ground with his thumb cradled in his

up

Morgans, Xander was a very powerful man in Silverton whc could have whatever he wanted. No one dared

sneered and jeered before strutting away

sneer stunned

was a weakling who never resisted while others walked all over her. She would always be so cautious around them

mischief mixed with disdain. She looked just like a seductive devil. Despite how sinister the sneer

before Xander

his chest with a hand, frightened by what

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Darn it!

his heart skip

he finally recovered from the terrible turn

no way he could ever like a woman like Claire.

rang. When he glanced at the screen, he saw that it was a call from

to his ear, he heard Clarissa’s sweet voice call

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