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.’

Hazel return, Raina Lowell remained seated on the sofa and greeted her

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

think she was

remained standing at

Hawthorne, I just got back from abroad, and my health isn’t the best. Aiden was worried I couldn’t take care of myself, so he asked me to move in

lips curved into a smile. "Not

puts on this innocent little bunny act, it can only mean one thing: Aiden is nearby. As much as I can’t

the living room but saw

the staircase from the second floor. He

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 could charm legions

voice, smooth as aged wine, drifted down. "Raina will be staying with us

an eyebrow, replying languidly, "Should I

"That won’t be necessary."

You’ll stay and look after her

as his ex-girlfriend, and on top of that, he expects me to wait on her hand

Aiden’s demand, so she