Chapter 359

"Uhm. What did you hear?" Xavier asked.

"I heard you saying I belonged to you. Does this mean you've accepted me?"

"Please don't misunderstand. It was an emergency. I had to..."

"Thankyou!" Although Shirley was smiling, her eyes filled with tears. "I have no regrets after hearing what you said. Thankfully, I won't become an aimless, wandering spirit after I die."

"What are you saying? What do you mean after you die?"

Xavier felt a tightness in his chest. This woman was weird. It sounded like she was saying her last words.

"Can I ask for a small favor from you?" Shirley grabbed Xavier's arms and asked in a sad voice.

She looked so pitiful that Xavier couldn't help but give in. "Tell me what it is."

"After I die, keep my ash in a small box and bury it in a well in the village. You don't have to organize any rituals. Just send someone to pray for me each year..." She was barely breathing when she said this.

something was off. He asked sternly, "What's the matter? Are

"I'm fine. I... Bleurgh!"

mouthful of blood

there. I'm taking you to the hospital right now!

he could despite the

was perhaps the moment

had explained, according to the bamboo stick, Shirley was fated to be in Xavier's life. That also meant she posed a challenge for him to

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from Water Dock to Hunt Villa on his own. By the time he arrived home, it

any new information regarding

from the face of the earth as if

worry. I'll send more people to search for Ms. Everheart. They will expand their search abroad... I've already reached out to the intel departments of other countries to lock in on information related to her. I believe it's only a matter

had lost his passion. "Stop the search. Let her

mean, Stefan? Are you

find her, we'd only end up hurting each other. We might as well

you sure

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