Chapter 171

Yvette woke up drenched in sweat. Her body was trembling.

In the dim light, she saw that Xavier had already rushed over from the adjacent room. His tension eased slightly when he saw that she was unharmed. "What's wrong?" he asked.

Yvette's eyes were red. "I dreamt that I died." It had felt so real.

The mention of death touched a nerve in Xavier. He stepped forward and wrapped her in his arms, gently patting her back.

He tried to keep his voice as soft as possible as he said, "You didn't die. I'm here." He reassured her, pausing before adding, "Don't be afraid."

It took Yvette a while to fully return to reality after the nightmare. She looked up at Xavier, but the light was too dim for her to see his face clearly.

"Thank you," she whispered, then gently pulled away from his embrace and lay back down in bed.

Her polite and distant demeanor made Xavier feel uncomfortable. This time, instead of returning to the other room, he pulled back the covers and lay down beside her, holding her in his arms.

As Yvette stiffened, she heard him say in his deep voice, "If there's anything bothering you, you can tell

me."

throat. Outside, the wind howled, and

cooled the once-hot air.

petrified at first. Now that she was being held by Xavier, she

that Xavier had a slight germaphobia In their three years of marriage, he had never held her like this. But now, everything was different. "Xavier, do you still hate me?" she

not allowed to

think he had feelings for Yvette; it was just that it would be troublesome to start anew with someone else.

"If we got divorced,

head.

wanted to live freely. She didn't want to

children. She was no longer the woman who was solely

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just let you

glimmer of hope flickered in Yvette's eyes. "If you did, I

go of her hand. His eyes were filled with cold

thinking about

one sentence shattered all of Yvette's hopes. She realized that Xavier was just messing

do you take me

you for whatever you take

disappearances,

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