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.

who gave up, and now you’re

did I hurt you when you were the one who refused to

eyes were reddened in

to be serious

and then some, and he was hell-bent

happiest woman in the

of passion was trampled all over,

if she was his

of it all and refused to play

with her in

just confused and made a mistake, Xavier. Give

alright?”

demolishing the fort he had built around his heart with

know you love me, and you just needed someone to rebound. But that won’t

in return. Don’t you think

flash, his fingers

words more or less brought him

his head was clear, he began to wonder