When the Contract Marriage Ended, He Stayed

Chapter 2: Sign the Papers. Let’s Get a Divorce.

When Hazel Hawthorne rushed back to the villa, she saw a car parked at the entrance, just as she’d expected. It was packed to the brim with luggage.

She raised an eyebrow. ’So, she’s back, and she plans on moving in for good?’

Clearwater Villa was Hazel Hawthorne and Aiden Xavier’s marital home. When they married, they hadn’t held a banquet. They registered their marriage in the morning, and that same afternoon, Hazel dragged her luggage and moved right into the villa, all under the watchful eyes of the media.

Over the years, Aiden Xavier had rarely returned, leaving her to live there all by herself.

Hazel Hawthorne stepped into the villa and, just as she’d thought, saw a familiar figure in the living room.

Raina Lowell. Aiden Xavier’s first love, the one he could never forget.

She had a congenital heart disease and couldn’t have children. For years, she’d been abroad for treatment.

’Now that she’s back, her illness must be more or less cured.’

seeing Hazel return, Raina Lowell remained seated on the sofa and greeted her with a sweet

to the housekeeper and ordered, "Ms. Hawthorne just got back, so she must be thirsty. Go make her a cup of coffee. I

you’d think she was the true lady of the

remained standing at the

back from abroad, and my health isn’t the best. Aiden was worried I couldn’t take care

a

can only mean one thing: Aiden is nearby. As much as I can’t stand Raina, there’s no need to pick a fight

the living room but saw no

looked up, she saw Aiden descending the staircase from

Auroville, his looks were second to none.’ His tall, slender figure, his refined features, and his air of a noble scion—even without his money or the Xavier family name, he

voice, smooth as aged wine, drifted down. "Raina

eyebrow, replying languidly,

"That won’t be necessary."

said coolly, "I’m busy with work. You’ll stay and

roof as his ex-girlfriend, and on top of that, he expects me to

refuse Aiden’s