When the Contract Marriage Ended, He Stayed

Chapter 37: A Complete Misunderstanding

"Are you thinking about divorcing me every single day?" Aiden Xavier looked at Hazel Hawthorne’s desolate expression, unsure what was going through her mind. Her first words upon waking were about divorce.

Hazel Hawthorne’s face was blank. She didn’t know how much Aiden Xavier understood about last night’s events. She couldn’t just tear open her wounds for him to see. She wanted a divorce to protect the Xavier Family’s reputation before any scandal could break.

Even if a scandal did emerge later, as long as she divorced Aiden Xavier, it would have nothing to do with him. It would be a parting gift of sorts, a way to ensure she didn’t bring shame to the Xavier Family because of her.

Although Aiden Xavier didn’t treat her very well, Fiona Forrest had been quite good to her. After all, it was the Xavier Family that had extended a helping hand when she needed it most.

She couldn’t repay their kindness with ingratitude. For a prominent family, reputation was everything.

Aiden Xavier thought for a moment. Seeing Hazel Hawthorne struggle to speak, something suddenly occurred to him. "Do you not remember what happened last night?" he asked abruptly.

The expression on Hazel Hawthorne’s face changed instantly. "Last night... what happened..."

Aiden Xavier gave her a cool glance, finally getting it right for once. He knew what Hazel Hawthorne was thinking. "Are you trying to divorce me because of what happened last night? Are you worried I’ll find out and won’t be able to accept you?"

Hazel Hawthorne nodded, then immediately shook her head. Seeing Aiden Xavier’s confusion, she slowly explained, "I’m not worried about whether you’ll accept me or not. I just don’t want my problems to cause any trouble for the Xavier Family."

"What kind of trouble could there be? Is there any trouble I can’t solve?" Aiden Xavier was arrogant. In Kenport, there truly wasn’t a problem he couldn’t handle.

"Because I don’t know if they have any leverage on me. If they do, and it gets exposed later, everyone will know that I was... violated last night..." Hazel Hawthorne couldn’t control her emotions as she spoke.

Only then did Aiden Xavier realize they were on completely different pages. He thought Hazel Hawthorne was worried about causing trouble for him, but her "trouble" was not the kind he had imagined.

Xavier couldn’t help but let out a small laugh. "Who said you were violated last night? It’s a good

to register. She grabbed his

Aiden Xavier’s woman. Who would dare violate

about last night. ’But I clearly

both crying and laughing, Aiden Xavier thought, ’A woman’s mind is truly hard to fathom.’ "I protected you. Don’t you think you should

and laughing,

asked, "So, are you still

changed her

was so exasperated

advantage of the situation. A wave of gratitude washed

Xavier hadn’t told her to go to the bar, none of this would have

main culprit

returning to her face, Hazel Hawthorne started pointing at Aiden Xavier. "If it weren’t for you last night, I wouldn’t have gone to the bar! And if I hadn’t gone to the bar, none of this would have happened! Where were you while I was getting hurt? You were

I was looking for you all night. I nearly turned all of

rescue me, it was only because you didn’t want to owe me. If something had

ago, she looked like she was thanking him for saving her life, and now she was

shady place, full of untrustworthy people. Yet you still dared to drink something a stranger handed you. If

bars. "Of course, I can’t compare to you, a regular at bars. Leaving me there by myself

of Raina Lowell appearing at the bar last night. She added, "It’s because bars are so seedy that you don’t want Raina Lowell to go to one, right? You don’t want anything to happen to *her* there. So you insisted

never would have imagined that Hazel Hawthorne’s mind could connect completely unrelated things into a perfectly

must be it!" she declared

want to crack open your head and see what kind

bothered to explain things to Hazel Hawthorne. "I’ve already called in sick for you at