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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like her

Xavier was lying to himself and the

on his phone went off. Xavier glanced at the time, then got off

tightly that his palm

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 of the living room that seemed

he sat on the couch that Yvette

felt the same as

on the suitcase. Tristan had someone send

The password was simple-his birthday. He knew

he saw some daily necessities and clothes. The things were so basic that it didn't seem like a woman's

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through Yvette's things and shut the suitcase

dinner, he went

stepped inside, he spotted Yvette's

to test DNA after cremation, but Xavier was certain

wouldn't choose to die, nor would she have the

someone who feared pain as much as Yvette did dare to

just bluffing him so that she could be with

someone look into Claude. The latter had remained single and unmarried.

that night. The next day, he woke up very early.

in lifestyle. As time passed, he slowly

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