Passion 257

Chapter 257

Yvette returned to her room to rest in the evening.

Lying on the bed with her eyes closed, she couldn’t help but recall the expression on Xavier’s face when he left. She had only seen that expression once before–at their wedding when he had been deceived. A vague sense of unease settled in her heart, making her sleep fitfully.

Meanwhile, Xavier stayed at a top–tier hotel not far away, overlooking everything on the street with a cold expression.

Claude had always thought Tirion was Xavier’s territory. However, he hadn’t realized that Xavier actually restrained himself in Tirion.

Now, that he was abroad, Xavier had no such concerns.

After Claude got into the accident, the people from the Lander family took him away overnight and kept

the incident off the news.

Yvette was unaware of his car accident.

When she woke up the next day, she got someone to fix the door. She planned to stay here temporarily and continue composing music. She would meet Viola and the others after Xavier stopped bothering her.

In the morning, Yvette went out to buy groceries. When she opened the door and went out, she saw Xavier standing next to a Maybach, smoking a cigarette.

The moment Xavier saw her come out, he immediately stubbed out the cigarette and threw it into a nearby trash can.

Yvette pretended not to see him and walked in the opposite direction.

After the smell of smoke on him had dissipated a bit, Xavier quickly caught up with her.

“Yvette!”

Yvette stopped and turned to look at him. “If what I said yesterday wasn’t clear enough, then I’ll say it again today. I don’t want to be with you anymore. Please let me go. Let’s part on good terms.”

A hint of darkness flashed in Xavier’s eyes. “Do you know that I haven’t had a single good night’s sleep these days you’ve been away?”

Yvette couldn’t help but sneer. “If you can’t sleep, shouldn’t you see a doctor?”

She’d had more sleepless nights than him during their three years of marriage.

Xavier’s throat tightened, and he pulled Yvette into his arms despite her resistance, holding her firmly. What do you want me to do for you to come back?”

Yvette felt nauseous when the lingering scent of smoke on him reached her nostrils.

Holding in her discomfort, she said, “I trust you’ve read the letter I wrote to you.”

Xavier’s body stiffened. “I probably got the wrong person right from the start. You’re not the person I love.”

Xavier felt as if all the blood in his body had frozen.

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“I’m sorry I’ve held you back all these years. It’s done now. I’m letting you go, so you should let me go too, shouldn’t you?”

Her words echoed in his ears. “You’re not the person I love. I’m letting you go.”

As Xavier’s eyes reddened slightly, his throat hurt even more. “That’s impossible!” he hissed.

Yvette couldn’t understand. He was the one who hadn’t liked her from the very beginning. He was the one who had always wanted to leave.

In that case, why was he refusing to let her go now?

Xavier tried to control himself so as not to hurt her. He lowered his voice. “I’ll give Snyder Group back to you exactly as it was, okay?”

Yvette didn’t answer him.

He continued, “I also bought Snyder Residence. If you come back, we can live there together. If you don’t want to live there, we can go back to Sangine County where you lived as a child. How about that?

“From now on, no matter what you want to do and you want, I’ll listen to you.”

Yvette had never seen Xavier like this. As she pried his hands off and took a step back, her eyes were filled with determination.

“I don’t want anything.

Right now, all she wanted was to live peacefully with her two children and Viola. She no longer longed for love or marriage.

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