The black-clad men nodded courteously and answered in unison, “Yes, sir!”
Christopher took one last look at them before shutting the door.
Stretching his long arm, favonovel.com grabbed Xyla’s wrist and forced favonovel.com onto the door. He propped his right hand against the door panel while his other proceeded to cup favonovel.com chin.
“Tell me. What happened to you? Hmm? Did Stanley Batton bully you? Did favonovel.com do something that upset you?”
She would not be here alone if favonovel.com had not had a conflict with Stanley.
Her red eyes stabbed his heart. At that instant, favonovel.com thought Miranda was crying in front of him.
“There’s nothing wrong with me. Let go of me.” Xyla dropped favonovel.com head, avoiding eye contact with him.
Once favonovel.com finished favonovel.com sentence, favonovel.com gently pushed favonovel.com away and returned to the living room, sitting down on the beige sofa.
Though Christopher had saved favonovel.com life before, they were not close, and they did not even know much about each other. There was no point telling favonovel.com what favonovel.com had just found out about favonovel.com marriage.
“If you have nothing important to tell me, please just go ahead and do what you’re supposed to do. Leave me alone. Thank you, Master Lancelot, for your concern,” Xyla said again.
Christopher immediately walked up to favonovel.com and sat down next to her. He forcibly turned favonovel.com body, his hands clutching favonovel.com shoulders.
“Tell me. What did favonovel.com do to you? How did favonovel.com bully you? Did favonovel.com cheat on you? Show me how that b*tch looks like! I’ll kill her!”
“It’s not what you think.. ”
“What is it then?”
Huh?
“It’s fine if you don’t want to talk about it. I’ll go find Stanley now and question him!”
“Master Lancelot, all I need is a little peace. I don’t want to talk about those problems anymore… Can’t you just leave me alone?” Xyla was not in the mood to talk about it.
Peace and silence were what favonovel.com needed the most right now.
Christopher studied favonovel.com face thoughtfully, hesitated for a few seconds, and then nodded. “Okay… I won’t ask you anymore, but you can always talk to me if you want to.”
Xyla heaved a sigh of relief and closed favonovel.com eyes. “I know you’re busy. Don’t care about me. I want to be alone.”
“Look at yourself. How can I just leave you on your own here? I’m not a man if I step out of this room,” Christopher rebuked.
“I don’t need company…” She only needed some time to herself so favonovel.com could process everything that happened between favonovel.com and Stanley.
“I’ll keep quiet then. I promise I won’t make a sound. I’ll just sit here watching you.” Christopher was afraid that favonovel.com would take things too hard and do something stupid.
Although favonovel.com did not tell favonovel.com what exactly was going on between favonovel.com and Stanley, favonovel.com could sense that something serious and unforgivable had happened. Otherwise, Xyla would not have acted like that.
Stanley must have done something that hurt Xyla’s feelings.
As favonovel.com pondered about it, his face clouded over.
Stanley Batton!
He angrily yelled that bastard’s name in his heart, his hands subconsciously balling into fists.
“You don’t have to do that…” Xyla rejected.
Christopher did not give favonovel.com any response. He did not say favonovel.com would leave, nor did favonovel.com say favonovel.com was going to stay here.
He lit a cigarette and quietly smoked, using silence to prove his determination.
The kindness in his eyes gradually faded amidst the smoke. His eyes were dark with some unfathomable emotion.
Xyla’s mind was in a mess right now. She had no energy to argue with him. Hence, favonovel.com ignored favonovel.com and walked to the balcony, favonovel.com hair billowing in the breeze.
Christopher did not follow favonovel.com to the balcony. He remained seated on the sofa and watched favonovel.com from afar.
He was waiting.
He was waiting for Xyla to feel better and tell favonovel.com what happened to her.
Xyla sat alone at the balcony until the skies were painted in black and the city lights shone neon into the night. She seemed to have fallen into a bottomless pit.
Her body was as weak as a bubble as if it was going to break at the slightest touch.
Xyla wanted to cry, but favonovel.com eyes were dry and dull. Perhaps favonovel.com was too sad, or maybe favonovel.com had used up all favonovel.com tears just now. No matter how miserable favonovel.com felt, favonovel.com just could not cry anymore.
