Chapter 155

Under the moonlight, Yvette looked up at the face of the man she had loved for half her life. Her throat tightened as she asked, "Mr. Lane, didn't we have an agreement?"

Xavier's hand, which was on her face, froze as he met her clear eyes. It seemed like she might cry any

moment.

He didn't know why, but a wave of bitterness surged in his heart. He withdrew his hand, got out of bed,

and left the room.

As he stood outside, he couldn't shake off the image of Yvette's distant gaze.

Mr. Lane?

He sat in his car and smoked. Then, he called Mark and asked, "What day is it today?"

It was 2:00 am. Mark had just been woken up by the phone call and couldn't help but feel confused by the abrupt question.

After a moment of thought, he couldn't recall anything significant about the day and got up to check.

holidays. Then, spotting birthday on his

called Xavier back. "Mr.

topic about

Mark had done a background check when Yvette had married Xavier. Otherwise, he wouldn't have known it was her birthday. Xavier hadn't expected it to be Yvette's

her attitude.

explained why Claude had chosen to

Xavier's silence, Mark asked, "Mr. Lane, should we prepare a

his thoughts when the cigarette burned down to his fingers. "It's fine," he said

the car all

he knocked on the door to Yvette's hospital room. Since she could

him a puzzled

always wanted to meet

eyes. "Thank you..." She started speaking, only to find it awkward to thank

He sure was nonchalant about

was significantly

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stabilized. With all his meals taken care of, he lived a considerably comfortable

at Fortian Manor.

Noah knew that it wa Yvette's

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