"Is this your work?" Yvette asked.

"Yes, it's what my boss assigned me," Xavier replied. His expression remained the same.

Yvette reflected on how Xavier used to review others' proposals, but now he had to draft them himself. Life could be so unpredictable. "Maybe you should talk to Shannon and ask her to assign you some work, or-"

"Yvvy." Xavier interrupted her before she could finish. "From now on, we have nothing to do with the Lane family. You and I are a family."

Yvette was momentarily speechless. She wasn't touched; instead, she reminded him, saying, "I moved back to Sangine County because the doctor said Viola's health is failing and she might not make it through the New Year.

"If Viola passes away, I'll leave this country. We'll go our separate ways sooner or later. We are not family."

Xavier felt a pang in his chest at Yvette's last sentence. He'd thought that their time together had made her give up on the idea of divorce, but it turned out she hadn't changed her mind.

"I need to get to work. You should go back early," Yvette stated. She left the room without touching the breakfast.

Today, she was meeting the mystery person Cynthia had mentioned.

Outside the hotel, a man and a woman stood by a black car.

stern demeanor. In contrast, the woman was dressed in a cute puffer jacket and Martin boots. She was holding two large bags of meat pies. Cynthia took a bite of a

watched her puffed-up cheeks move like a rabbit's. "No, thank

a shame. If you don't eat, how will

meat pies into

I'll help boss eat a few

say anything. He had a feeling that Yvette's breakfast would be gone if she took her time to come

called out and waved as

walked over and took the remaining few meat pies from her.

to meet

was already in the driver's seat,

but she knew he was wealthy and had arranged to meet in a top-tier private room at Sternhow Club. Given the system at the club, Yvette naturally wouldn't be

you in

the window of the top-tier private room at Sternhow Club. He gazed

Jeremiah, she

She

chess alone. "The

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