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!”

himself any longer. ’How unreasonable can

the one who gave up,

you were the one who refused to let me be

eyes were reddened

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

then some, and he was hell-bent on

woman in

all over,

what if she was his

was tired of it all and refused to play this game. All he wanted was someone he

with her

and made a mistake, Xavier. Give me

alright?”

he had built around his

just needed someone to

return. Don’t you think this

eyes flash, his

admit that Shirley’s words more or less brought

and now that his head was