The Untouchable Ex-Wife

Shirley remained composed and confident as she argued, and that left Leia shaken.

She knew that Xavier was infamous for being a flirt, marred with scandals involving

numerous ladies. Still, they were willing to throw themselves at him. Only Shirley was

different-because Xavier was the one enslaving himself to her.

And that alone was why Leia paled in comparison.

“If my hunch is right, you must be the thick-skinned type who chased Xavier around for a

long time before he finally got interested, right?’

Shirley studied Leia from head to toe, shaking her head with disdain. “If you’ve been around

Xavier long enough, you’d know that you’re not his type at all. He just happened to need

someone to help him through this painful time-or, if I had to put it plainly, beggars can’t be

choosers. Anything is fine, and even if it wasn’t you, it would be someone else.

“And now that I’m back, you’re pointless as a replacement.”

“Enough!”

snapped, unable to restrain himself any longer.

one who gave up, and

were the one who refused to let

eyes were reddened in

to be serious

his heart and then some, and

woman in

was trampled all over, leaving a bloody mask. So what if

if she was

play

with, to live with her in plain

and made a mistake, Xavier. Give me a chance to make things

alright?”

fort he had

and you just needed someone to rebound. But that

hurt others in return. Don’t you think this is

flash, his fingers

more or

his