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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Someone like her

like Xavier was lying to himself and the people around

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

pendant so tightly that his palm was bleeding

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

Xavier got home on time, he sat on the couch that Yvette

the same as

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

simple-his birthday. He knew this because Yvette used his birthday for every

The things were so basic that

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go through Yvette's things and shut

having dinner, he went to the

stepped inside, he spotted Yvette's ashes as well as the black-and-white photo next to

cremation,

would she have

feared pain as much as Yvette did dare to

just bluffing him so that she could be

single and unmarried. He was Prince Charming

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

Xavier didn't feel any differences in lifestyle. As time

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