Before Daphne could kiss Xavier, a strong force suddenly pushed her away. The man lying on the bed opened his eyes.

"Xav..." Daphne's expression changed instantly.

Hadn't Jeremiah said that Xavier had been drugged and would be completely powerless to resist?

Daphne quickly got up to leave, but Xavier grabbed her wrist first, holding it tightly.

"Who sent you? What are you trying to do?" he demanded. There was no way Daphne had the ability to kidnap him on her own.

"Xav, I don't know what you're talking about. You got drunk, and you called me to come over." Daphne tried to lie. If she confessed about Jeremiah now, there would be only one outcome-death.

Xavier was barely holding on at this point. He had been drugged at the banquet but had managed to stay conscious through sheer willpower. His forehead was covered in sweat.

Seeing that Daphne refused to tell the truth, he grabbed her by the throat. "Speak, or I'll kill you right now!"

Daphne's body instantly went rigid, and her breathing became labored. "H-Help me..."

Xavier's grip tightened, cutting off her voice completely.

"I know there's someone outside the door. What do you think will happen first-them coming in here to save you, or you dying by my hands?"

be so terrifying. She immediately

loosened slightly.

and record it on video to show Yvette. He even arranged for the media to come and take photos at dawn." Xavier couldn't believe that his own brother would resort

knew Yvette well. If Yvette saw him in bed with Daphne, their

were exposed in the news

told me to take

them?" Xavier pressed. He had asked Mark to investigate.

Jeremiah looked exactly like Xavier, so with him around, there was no need to forge photos to

also the one who got you out of the mental asylum?" Xavier

had lost his memory. Had he not actually lost

else don't I

replied with a quiver in her voice. She was on the verge of tears. "Xav, I was forced to do this. Please don't kill me; I

didn't want to dirty his

to the bed with the bedsheets and gagged her with a cloth. With the men guarding outside

only thing

media would arrive. However, as time passed, the fire inside him grew stronger,

Lov?

couldn't quench the burning rage

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