Chapter 22

Before Tristan could finish explaining, a bodyguard threw an old man covered in wounds inside.

Tristan recognized him. It was Liam.

Two days ago, Xavier had someone find Yara and Terrence, who had fled overseas.

That was when he had found out that Yvette had been

supposed to marry Liam a 1 not Claude! Thus, he'd had the old man kidnapped.

After experiencing a day of torture, Liam still claimed he didn't know where Yvette had gone. Xavier stared at Liam with a depthless gaze. "Do you still want to marry Yvette?"

With injuries all over his body, Liam hurriedly bowed his head. "No, no, I wouldn't dare..."

He was then dragged outside. It was obvious what was going to happen to him.

Xavier's face was expressionless. His gaze fell on Tristan. Did you just defend Yvette?"

Tristan's throat tightened, but he didn't deny it. "I just think there's no need to keep treating her badly."

Xavier's grip on his pen slowly grew tighter, and the veins popped on the back of his hand. "She treated me badly first." With that, he stood. "Tristan, you don't really think she's dead, do you? Have you never heard of the saying 'the wicked

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forever'? Someone like

to himself and

his phone went off. Xavier glanced at the time, then got off work, leaving Tristan alone in this

that his palm

came out, he found Liam, who had been tossed by the side of the road, on last breath. "Take him back," he ordered coldly. Dewberry Manor was eerily silent. There was a bright red suitcase in the middle

time, he sat on

the same as before, yet

a long time, his gaze fell on the suitcase. Tristan had someone send Yvette's belongings. over, but

and leaned down to open it. The password was simple-his birthday. He knew this because Yvette used his birthday for

some daily necessities and clothes. The things were so basic that it

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go through Yvette's things and shut

he went to the bedroom that

he spotted Yvette's ashes as

cremation, but Xavier

wouldn't choose to die, nor would she

someone who feared pain as

bluffing him so that she could be

single and unmarried. He

that night. The next day, he woke up very early. By the time he was

differences in lifestyle. As time

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