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!”

to restrain himself any longer. ’How unreasonable

up, and

the one who refused

were reddened

willing to be serious

then some, and he was hell-bent on making

happiest woman in the

was trampled all

So what if she was his

all and refused to play this game. All he wanted was

with her in

and made a mistake, Xavier. Give

alright?”

gaze, demolishing the fort he had built around his

me, and you just needed someone to rebound.

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

eyes flash,

admit that Shirley’s words more or less brought him to

night’s vow, and now that his head was clear, he