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!”

any longer. ’How

gave up,

hurt you when you were the

were reddened

the first woman he was willing to be serious with, the one he’d given

heart and then some, and

happiest woman in the

yet, that heart of passion was trampled all over, leaving

she was his one and

was tired of it all and refused to play this game.

with

confused and made a mistake, Xavier.

alright?”

gaze, demolishing the fort he had built around his

needed someone to rebound. But that

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

eyes flash, his fingers

words more

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