Chapter 80

He saw Yvette from a distance. She was sitting at her computer and focusing intently on her work.

Xavier strode quickly over to her and pushed the door open without knocking. The noise startled Yvette and made her jump. She looked up to see the cold look on his face. She thought about the news on Daphne that had emerged that morning, and how defensive Xavier had been the last time.

Yvette instinctively assumed that Daphne had blamed her again and that Xavier was coming to accuse her. She stood up and took a step back. "Anything wrong, Mr. Lane?" Xavier saw how wary she was, and all he could think about was the child. "Come home with me right now!" He did not have the patience to keep up the charade of amnesia with her. Yvette's eyes were full of surprise. Go home? What home? She looked up at Xavier and his chiseled features. "What do you mean by that, Mr. Lane?"

Xavier felt as if there was something lodged in his throat. Without saying anything else, he gripped Yvette's wrist and took her out.

He was walking very fast, and his impatient expression confused Yvette further. She could only try her best to keep up.

She was dragged to the car. Xavier got into the driver's seat, his hand still firmly fastened around her wrist. Yvette had never seen him like this. "Where are you taking me?"

He started the engine, and his thin lips parted slightly. "Dewberry!"

Yvette finally understood what he meant by home. She was still pretending not to remember. "Where is Dewberry? Mr. Lane, don't forget that we're already divorced."

abruptly and leaned toward her, his eyes slightly reddened. "What makes you

The two of them had gone through the divorce before, but there was still a cooling period, which meant that they hadn't completed

years. Surely their marriage no longer counted. Xavier laughed coldly as if he could tell what she was thinking.

did not know what to say. Wife... He

feeling conflicted. The child looked as if he was around four years old, which matched up with the time

he didn't dislike it. He sped the

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could only plant them outside, and there weren't many left anymore. Xavier got

surroundings. It looked exactly the same

here from now on," he

"No." She regretted it the moment the words left her

treatment she

was to escape.

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