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

up, and now you’re being

you were the one who refused

were

willing to be serious with, the one he’d given up

and then

woman in

passion was trampled all over, leaving a bloody

if she

of it all and refused to play this

live with her

made a mistake, Xavier. Give

alright?”

gaze, demolishing the fort he had built around his

me, and you just needed someone to rebound.

Don’t you

flash, his fingers

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

his head was clear, he began