Chapter 329

Richard smirked at her in amusement.

“You really think I’d just tell you what I’m up to?”

Xylia sat tall and unshaken, as steady as a pine tree.

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“You’ve got me locked in here, cut off from the outside world. Even if you told me why you’re doing all this, it’s not like I could stop you, right?”

Richard stared at her in silence, the curve of his lips growing wider.

“Honestly, I really appreciate how you stay so calm and collected,” Richard said.

‘If only she hadn’t gotten mixed up with Joshua, I’d probably like her even more, Richard thought.

But in the end, he kept his mouth shut.

Richard made Xylia eat, but she just picked at her food without any interest.

After she finished, instead of sending her back to her room, Richard took her outside the villa.

It was the first time in two days that Xylia had felt the sun on her skin. Instinctively, she couldn’t help but crave its warmth.

‘I didn’t realize just how much I missed sunlight,’ Xylia thought, her eyes drinking in the light.

Richard’s estate sprawled wide, its white stone paths completely paved with smooth pebbles—each step felt like a free foot massage straight from nature.

He took Xylia on a winding walk, turning this way and that until they ended up in the back garden.

At first glance, Xylia immediately spotted a blank tombstone smack–dab in the middle of the flower beds.

Xylia felt an uneasy shiver as she stared at the blank tombstone in the center of the flower bed, but she made sure not a hint of worry showed on her face.

Before she could even voice her question, Richard answered, “That’s my father’s grave.”

Xylia kept quiet, thinking to herself, ‘What does his father have to do with me, anyway?‘

‘There’s no way I’m paying my respects, Xylia told herself, determined not to budge in the slightest.

Richard completely ignored Xylia’s reaction, his voice cool and casual. “My father didn’t die of old age, and it sure wasn’t illness either. So, want to take a guess what happened to him?”

As Richard turned toward her, Xylia caught the cold, sinister smirk curling at the corner of his mouth.

She could feel a chilling hostility and unmistakable murderous intent radiating off him, all of it aimed

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straight at her.

back instinctively, trying to put a little more distance

I know? Xylia shot back, refusing to show any fear even as she

barely glancing her way as he pressed

one

eyes sharp and watching

Xylia just gave him a look that said loud and clear,

Richard demanded, the

tone grew icy,

I don’t,” Xylia replied coolly, completely unfazed. “I’ve figured it out–you’re at war with Joshua. Why would I trust

back, her voice ringing

Too bad for

cool, his voice

the restless energy simmering beneath

on me and tear me apart at any second, Xylia

at her anymore. After a while, once he’d

Joshua drove right over his body, cool as ice, just rolling back and forth -by the end, there was nothing but a mess of crushed flesh. When I tried to

God she hadn’t stuffed herself at lunch; she’d be hurling all over his precious pebbled

caught the look on

me?” Richard said, his tone

down the urge to gag, furrowing

not that kind of person,”

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in front of Xylia and fiercely clamped his hand around

airway was instantly blocked–Xylia’s face flushed a furious red as she

pain radiated from

hand, desperately trying to pry his fingers

his grip, looking like he might snap her neck right then

defend Joshua? He’s nothing but a cold–blooded killer! Just like his father, he forced me and my dad into this foreign country, made

at Richard’s hand,

when her breathing was barely a whisper did Richard finally

like a kite with its

desperate coughs, unable to

stop ringing–every sound reduced

Richard’s furious ranting registered

second, the pain in her throat only got worse; stars exploded behind her eyes as everything went black and she slumped to the

a small

out on an

spent those two days quietly

were wrapped tight with a custom–built fence, and whatever lurked beyond that barrier was a total mystery–could be anything,

thought about charging in solo, he’d be walking straight into a meat grinder. No chance he’d

old watchtower, lowering his binoculars. Even those normally icy eyes

knows what he

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