The Untouchable Ex-Wife

“It’s nothing!” Leia snapped, quickly turning away and hiding her face with her hair, reluctant to let others see her vulnerability.

“Nothing? Your face is already swollen!” Xavier exclaimed as he gently lifted her chin and brushed her hair off, studying her face with a pained look.

Who could have imagined that in just a matter of days, the woman who strutted like she owned the place would end up looking so pitiful?

“Who did this to you?” He demanded, his brow tightly furrowed as if his favorite toy was broken, and he looked bent on cutting the culprit into pieces.

“No one. I fell,” Leia said, moving away from his touch and turning her back on him.

She was just like Renee—she held herself with great pride and would act nonchalant even if she was bruised and battered.

Xavier was not easily fooled, however, and took her hand as he growled. “We’re going back.”

“Back? Back where?”

“The detention center.”

me so much to get out—I’m not going back! That place is

obstinate carapace peeling off and revealing her

that long, but she was tormented by her

get her a worse beating—just like today, where she was given the worst beating that left her

would return

Xavier grabbed Leia’s shoulders and said somberly, “Pull yourself together! Just tell me who hit

“What…”

were welling with tears as she stared

the heiress of the Osborne family. Who do

Leia was no different from his daughter. He was allowed to ‘bully’ her occasionally for her mischief, but he would never allow

Xavier’s eyes and clenched her knuckles.

to the detention center, with Xavier pulling some

are out—I would need around half an hour to