When the Contract Marriage Ended, He Stayed

Chapter 41: Do You Still Remember My Brother?

"Aiden Xavier, you don’t have to take me home. I can just grab a cab. I wouldn’t want to keep Raina Lowell waiting." Hazel Hawthorne felt she had always been very considerate of Aiden Xavier. A wife who actively pushed her husband toward another woman was a rare breed.

Aiden Xavier didn’t even glance at Hazel. He just had his secretary pull the car up to the restaurant entrance. Under Aiden’s insistent gaze, Hazel gave a helpless smile. She knew she couldn’t win against him, so she simply got in the car.

’Well, a free ride is a free ride. It would be a shame to waste it. I’m just being frugal.’

Ever since taking Raina’s call, Aiden’s expression had been off. Hazel didn’t ask. That was a matter between Aiden and Raina, after all. She never took the initiative to pry. Unless Aiden told her himself, she would just pretend she didn’t know.

After dropping Hazel off at home, Aiden didn’t even get out of the car. He just had his secretary drive away.

As Hazel reached the door, she instinctively turned to look in the direction the car had gone. She didn’t know why she did it. It was as if a part of her was hoping—hoping that Aiden would suddenly get out of the car and say he was staying the night.

But she knew better. Since he had taken Raina’s call, there was no way he would stay. He was definitely on his way to see Raina now.

At that thought, Hazel couldn’t help but laugh at herself. ’Have I been spending too much time with Aiden lately?’ It had made her start to hope for something more. Hope that he would abandon Raina for her?

Gazing up at the pitch-black night sky, Hazel burst out laughing. The very idea was absurd. She turned and went inside.

Back in her room, Hazel suddenly recalled what Raina had said to her that afternoon. She hugged the stuffed doll in her arms and sat on the balcony. The lights in the adjacent room were off. Moonlight spilled over her, draping her in a faint glow.

It made Hazel look lonely and desolate.

side by now. Were they

be a woman like Raina, someone who knew how to act coy and win

on second thought, she

brought back memories Hazel had long since buried. And these memories, hidden deep in her

since they were very young, though he probably had no memory of her. Back then, she’d actually liked trailing after him,

only had

up,

before," he said in a cold voice, "the divorce isn’t something

one can change a decision you’ve made. Unless... you don’t actually want to

I’ve explained this whole divorce thing to you many times," Aiden said, his anger simmering. "If you had any sense, you’d stop bringing it up. And don’t use suicide to threaten me. You know

suicide! You have no idea how much I’m suffering inside. I don’t want to see

stand them or not. You’re an adult now. Think about

the table. If Raina hadn’t said on the

of Hazel all last night and had barely

stunned. She never thought Aiden would say

told me last night, I never would have known you were at the bar. And if I hadn’t gone to the bar, I wouldn’t have known that the first person

wife. Did you ever consider my feelings?" Raina looked at Aiden, utterly heartbroken. "When Hazel

think you don’t love me, I don’t want to

became. She remembered being left with Julian last night, how she had tried so hard to keep Aiden from leaving, only for

claim he’d fallen for Hazel. For some reason, it just made him more agitated. Then he thought of Hazel’s attitude toward him,