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Burke hung up the phone and, turning around, saw Joshua standing behind him.
He first stiffened, then rxed, and smiled as he looked at Joshua. “Mr. Garcia, you walk so quietly.”
Joshua looked at him expressionlessly and asked, “Which designer do you intend to poach?”
Burke shrugged his shoulders with a smile. “Apart from Miss Xylia Sadler, who else could possibly catch my eye?”
Joshua’s face grew somber. “Did I not warn you to stay away from her?”
“By all rights, I should heed your warning. However, Mr. Garcia, do not forget that I am also a businessman. Businessmen always weigh the pros and cons. Compared to the benefits that Ms. Sadler can bring me, your threat is truly insignificant.” With that, Burke walked up to Joshua.
The two men, simr in height, stood face–to–face. Although their temperaments differed, the collision of their equally domineering auras generated an invisible sense of
pressure.
Burke continued, “Mr. Garcia, do not forget everything that happened five years ago in Kregonia.”
A ruthless glint shed in Joshua’s eyes, and his hands, hanging at his sides, were tightly clenched into fists.
Burke sneered and attempted to get past Joshua to leave.
However, Joshua suddenly raised his hand and pressed down on Burke’s shoulders.
Burke felt an immense pressure descend upon his shoulders, from which he could not break free.
“Since we’re talking about five years ago, you haven’t forgotten the omnipresent blood in that building, right?” A faint smile appeared at the corners of Joshua’s lips, bloodthirsty and cruel.
He continued, “If you so much asy a hand on her, I don’t mind making you relive that heart–stopping scene from before.”
The smile vanishedpletely from Burke’s face.
When he met Joshua’s cold gaze, he fell silent.
Joshua stopped wasting words with him and turned to leave.
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By the time midnight arrived, Xylia was already very tired.
The cruise ship would not begin its return voyage until tomorrow morning.
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After saying goodnight to Kaden and requesting a room card from the attendant, she was about to return to her own room.
After taking the elevator up ten floors, as Xylia reached the doorway, she was grabbed by
someone.
She instinctively screamed, and then that man covered her mouth tightly.
“It’s me.” A familiar voice sounded from behind.
Xylia immediately broke free from his grasp and turned to face him.
She saw Connor standing beneath the dim lights of the corridor, his gaze unfocused and his face tinged with a slight flush.
As he spoke, the smell of alcohol wafted from his mouth; he obviously looked drunk.
Xylia was irritated. “Connor, what’s wrong with you?”
Connor let out a derisiveugh and took two steps forward, approaching Xylia.
However, Xylia recoiled in fear.
Connor said very calmly, “Xylia, you really are something. After forcing me to divorce you’re just living it up in Norhill. One chauffeur wasn’t enough for you–you even got involved with the Sadler family’s heir. Just how despicable can you be?”
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Although Xylia felt angry, she knew there was nothing to say to a drunkard.
She observed Connor’s position, considering how she could avoid him while swiping her card to enter the room and then locking him outside.
Noticing that Xylia had remained silent, Connor became somewhat angry.
He reached out to grasp her hand.
Xylia noticed his movement and turned to evade his attack.
Connor lurched forward, nearly falling to the floor.
Xylia seized the opportunity to run to the room door, took out her room card, and was about to swipe it to enter.
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Just as the beep sounded, before Xylia could grasp the door handle, Connor took hold of her
wrist.
With a forceful motion, Connor acted; Xylia felt the world spin as her back mmed heavily against the door.
Her coiled hair was loosened by the impact, and the long, curly locks cascaded down.
Connor was about to speak, but seeing Xylia in this state made him pause.
Her eyes were bright and pitifully delicate, her features beautiful. Her long hair fell down, with several strands slipping along her neck and into her bodice.
Connor suddenly thought about the time when he and Xylia were still married.
It was characterized by perfect harmony and boundless joy.
Now, those lingering, enchanting memories once again flooded his mind, and he instantly forgot what he was about to say.
Instead, his mind was incessantly urging him to kiss her.
He thought about it and did so.
Xylia noticed his movement and immediately turned her head, which made his kissnd in
vain.
Xylia immediately took the opportunity and kicked at him.
Only the sound of Connor letting out a muffled groan could be heard as he clutched his crotch where he had been kicked, softly moaning in pain.
Xylia forcefully wiped the spot on her face where he had touched her, her eyes filled with disgust. “Get lost, Connor! Stop acting crazy here!”
Xylia grasped the door handle and opened the door.
As soon as she entered, Connor braced his palm against the door. Xylia did not have his strength and, after quite a while, still couldn’t close it.
Xylia was terrified. “Connor! What exactly are you trying to do?”
Connor seemed to regain some rity. When he looked up at Xylia, his gaze was no longer vacant and unfocused; instead, it carried a hint of aversion. “Xylia, are you aware that Sonny has been ill these past few days and has been constantly calling for his mommy?”
Xylia frowned. “You’re crazy!”
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She thought, ‘Sonny already has a new mother. When he falls ill and calls out ‘Mommy,‘ why would he be calling me?‘
Connor felt a surge of anger upon seeing Xylia’s indifferent attitude. “How could you? After the divorce, you don’t even care about your child?”
After being entangled for such a long time, Xylia also became angry.
She red angrily at Connor. “We are already divorced, and Sonny’s custody is with you. Isn’t it only natural that I don’t care for him? Furthermore, now it is Tessa who is Sonny’s mother. No matter what happens to him, you should note looking for me.”
Upon hearing the words that Tessa was Sonny’s mother, Connor felt a sense of inexplicable uneasiness.
Confronted once again with Xylia’s angry and disgusted gaze, he found himself utterly unable to justify himself. “Xylia, the situation with Tessa isn’t what you think. I…”
Xylia spoke up and interrupted him before he could finish speaking. “Whatever you do, it no longer concerns me. If you don’t leave now, I will call security.”
When Connor saw the impatience and disgust in Xylia’s eyes, he tried to suppress the dull pain in his heart, but this only gave rise to waves of uncontroble frustration.
“No longer concerns you?” Connor let out a coldugh. “Xylia, I have stood by you for eight years–seven of them as your husband. Are you really going to dismiss all of that so lightly? Are you really that heartless? Can the past truly be severed just because you say so?”
Xylia let out a mockingugh, her gaze toward Connor devoid of any warmth. “Me? Heartless?
<i>“</i>Connor, we have been married for seven years. Sonny is six years old. I have devoted myself to being a homemaker, focusing all my attention on our family, yet you have been secretly in love with Tessa all along.
“Didn’t you marry me just <i>so </i>Tessa could fulfill her wish to marry Qadir?”
When Xylia mentioned this, Connor felt a sudden jolt in his heart.
He looked at Xylia with a hint of guilt in his eyes. “I… I didn’t…”
Xylia said, “You have always been helping Tessa scheme. Shemitted a hit–and–run and fled the scene, and you and Sonny colluded to give false testimony and put the me on me,
“My limbs were injured, and your dy in providing medical treatment rendered them crippled. This was also done to ensure that Tessa could secure the position of chief dancer.
“But have you ever considered that I have been a housewife for seven years? What
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opportunity do I have to return to the stage, or topete with Tessa for that honor?”