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“Yes,” Xavier replied. “Speaking of that, I remembered you said you were looking for a toy
in my car, but the thing you were actually looking for was this badge, was it?”
“Yeah, you even brought Yulissa along that day.” Winnie scrunched her brows at the
mention of Yulissa, feeling a deep sense of loath for the latter.
Xavier caught the undisguised disgust in her eyes at the mention of Yulissa.
“You seem to hate her a lot. Jealous much?” Xavier asked.
“You have an overactive imagination. I don’t feel possessive over you at that time. Who
you brought back to sleep with was not my concern because in the future—”
Before Winnie could finish, Xavier urgently cut her off, “I never slept with her before!”
Xavier knew he had to explain before she misunderstood him. “I have never touched her
from the day she was back, including that night. I still couldn’t help but look for you. You
have no idea how much I missed you, how much I wanted to look at your silly face. I truly
thought I went crazy. I even asked Josiah whether I needed to consult a psychologist. He
suggested I find a normal woman. The only one I’ve ever felt something for was Yulissa. I
was so troubled then. I didn’t want to spend any time or effort looking for another woman,
so I thought of her. But you have to believe me, Winnie. I wasn’t the one who brought her
back. I just met her at a charity gala. She was the one who decided to return to the
country, and you knew about the rest. I was such a joke. I thought I could win the fight
against my heart but suffered a crushing defeat instead.”
When he finished, Winnie nodded. “I believe you. I trust you have never touched her, or
she wouldn’t have been so mad on that day when she pushed me down the hill.”
“What?” Xavier frowned. “Didn’t you say Kylie was the one who pushed you? How did
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtYulissa get involved?”
“Woah!” Winnie exclaimed exaggeratedly. “This is another story. I’ll tell you in a minute.
For now, I want to continue the discussion about my badge. Now that you’ve mentioned
you saw it, where is it? Can you return it to me when you go back?”
“Sure.” After a brief hesitation, Xavier added, “But I forgot where I left it. It could be at
home or in the office.”
“I’ve searched every corner of your house except for the safety deposit box. It’s not
there.”
“Then it might be in the office. I’ll help you look for it when I return. Oh, by the way, is that
badge your family heirloom? Is it important to you?”
“Something like that. It’s very important to me,” Winnie stated gravely. “I have to get it
back as soon as possible.”
Nodding, Xavier decided not to tell Winnie about how he had mistakenly returned the
badge to Yulissa.
I’ll take it back from her once I return to Avenport, then give it back to Winnie.
He then changed the topic. “I recall I was already intentionally putting distance between
us then. How did you lose that badge in my car? Could it be…” Xavier trailed off, letting
out a chuckle.
“You were the one who stole my car that night? You even knocked me out?”
Rubbing her nose, the woman cleared her throat a couple of times before explaining, “It
was a coincidence that day. I just coincidentally crashed into your car.”
As Xavier heard her admitting to it, his gaze darkened. “So it really was you. Do you know
how dangerous that was? What in the world were you doing? Why did you have people
chasing after you? Have you ever thought of the consequence if it wasn’t my car you got
on that night?”
“I had no choice. It was an emergency. What’s wrong? Why are you angry? Were you mad
that I knocked you out?”
“Of course I am! I was so furious that I wanted to catch you and soak you in a pool filled
with diethyl ether for three days straight.”
“Haha, nice one!” Winnie laughed. “What about now? Are you still mad?”
Xavier leveled his gaze at her for a while before his eyes softened. “Yes, I am. I’m mad
about how careless you are. You don’t take your safety seriously. What in the world are
you doing the dark? Could you tell me?”
“What’s the rush? You haven’t passed my test yet. Besides, this whole thing is a huge
mess. I don’t even know where to start. I think we should still keep some distance
between us for now. Even real married couples have privacies, let alone a fake one like
us.”
“All right. I’ll give you some time and freedom. I trust that you’ll open your heart to me
one day.” Xavier stared at her intently. “I have a condition, though. You have to stay by my
side.”
“You’re so bossy!” Winnie’s eyes sparkled. “That’ll have to depend on your performance. I
have legs, so I can leave whenever I want to.”
Suddenly, Winnie’s phone pinged, indicating she had received a message.
Looking at the screen, she turned to Xavier with a grave expression.
Xavier arched his brow at her. “What?”
“Let’s talk about Yulissa next. Has she used drugs before?”
Mulling over it for a bit, Xavier responded, “No. Well, at least she wasn’t when I met her.”
“Did you notice there was something strange about her kidnapping?”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmXavier nodded. “That did cross my mind.”
Winnie continued her barrage of questions. “Would you believe me if I say she was the
one who threw the smoke bomb and injected herself with drugs?”
“I would,” Xavier replied without a second of hesitation.
Stunned at his reply, Winnie asked, “You don’t even have the slightest hesitation?”
“Yeah, it’s suspicious how she chose to return to the country out of the blue. I suspect she
might have some relation with Zyon, so I had someone to keep a watch out for her. Are
you investigating her too?” Xavier queried.
“Not really. I wanted to ignore her at first, but she kept targeting me. I’m not a benevolent
person. I can’t feign ignorance about what had happened. Okay, let me tell you what
happened that day.”
Winnie only told him about the crucial parts. By the time she finished, Xavier’s eyes had
completely dimmed.
“Seems like Zyon’s addicted to drugs, too—I seriously never expected that. Murder and
arson. Is there anything else he doesn’t dare to do?”
“He’s a desperado.” Winnie snickered. “He’s most likely the culprit behind your car
accident a year ago.”
“Yeah.”
“I heard you’ve been looking for evidence the whole time?”
“That’s right. He’s a direct descendent of the Fairchild family line. I don’t want to repay his
favor in secret. Even though I have a lot of ways I can make disappear from this world, I’m
different from him. I’m not that foul. I can’t do what he does underneath the table.”
Hearing Xavier’s words, Winnie chuckled. “It looks like we have another similarity. We do
things upfront, different from the scums who hide in dark corners. So, what are you
planning to do next?”
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