When the Contract Marriage Ended, He Stayed

Chapter 48: Ambushed by Paparazzi

The secretary was surprised to see Aiden Xavier staring blankly at something.

Aiden Xavier had once said that precious time should never be wasted on something as pointless as daydreaming. Every minute of his could generate wealth beyond imagination.

But seeing Aiden Xavier spacing out, the secretary was deeply perplexed. ’Mr. Xavier has been acting so strangely lately.’

As an observer, he knew how important Raina Lowell was to Aiden Xavier. But after Raina Lowell returned from a three-year absence, Aiden Xavier’s attitude toward her had changed in an indescribable way. He couldn’t guess what Aiden Xavier was thinking, but he could tell that whenever Aiden Xavier was with Hazel Hawthorne, he was clearly much happier.

Aiden Xavier snapped out of it. Seeing his secretary staring at him with a furrowed brow and a curious, questioning gaze, he spoke. "Is your time meant for daydreaming? Don’t you have work to do?"

At the sound of his voice, the secretary jolted back to reality. ’How could I have nothing to do? I’m so busy I have to schedule time just to take a sip of water.’

When you worked for Aiden Xavier, you couldn’t expect to rest whenever you wanted. Work had to be precise, accounted for down to the very second.

"Mr. Xavier, I’ll get right to work."

The secretary scurried out of the office. Aiden Xavier stared at the documents on his desk, his mind elsewhere.

Because of what had happened that morning, Hazel Hawthorne hadn’t forgotten to tease him on her way out. Recalling her meaningful smile as she left, Aiden Xavier felt a wave of irritation.

Aiden Xavier tried to calm himself down and focus on his work, but then he received an unexpected call from the private nurse at the hospital.

Raina Lowell was kicking up a fuss, demanding to be discharged. As soon as Aiden Xavier got the call, he pushed all thoughts of Hazel Hawthorne aside. He strode out of his office, and his secretary, seeing him, immediately stood up. "Get the car. We’re going to the hospital."

Lowell so frequently, even their best attempts at secrecy couldn’t fool the shrewd

Aiden Xavier was simple: as long as he handled his business with Raina Lowell properly, she would

car appeared at the hospital entrance, his sharp-eyed secretary spotted paparazzi hiding behind the hospital’s flowerbeds. He immediately made

are paparazzi around. We shouldn’t stay

narrowed his eyes. ’How did the paparazzi find out my whereabouts so quickly?

reacted quickly and turned away from the hospital upon spotting the paparazzi, the sharp photographers still managed to snap a photo, instantly recognizing the rapidly departing

see Raina Lowell. When Raina heard this, she became even more distraught. Ignoring the protests of her private nurse and the doctors, she said firmly, "I have to be discharged today. I know my own body, and there’s absolutely no need

Xavier and Hazel Hawthorne have any more time alone together. Her feeling that Aiden Xavier

from Aiden Xavier’s life for three years—long enough to change a person. She wasn’t even sure if Aiden Xavier loved the woman she was now, or the girl from

Lowell’s body. Compounded by Fiona Forrest’s meddling, her trust in Aiden Xavier

his permission," the private nurse said, looking at Raina Lowell with difficulty. She couldn’t forget Aiden Xavier’s orders, but when Raina Lowell threw a tantrum, no one but

car, which his secretary had parked in a quiet, inconspicuous corner. The private nurse’s calls kept coming in. Suddenly, Aiden Xavier

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the office to find a mountain of work piled up on her desk.

boat," Sharon Winters said. She couldn’t help Hazel

was a perfectionist. She had high standards not only for

Hawthorne was genuinely capable, she would never have allowed an intern to be so undisciplined as to take

dare to delay and threw

office was silent as everyone focused on their tasks, with almost no time for conversation. It was different during breaks, when people would go to the breakroom in groups, but Hazel Hawthorne was

in the office, Hazel Hawthorne finally lifted her tired head. She glanced around; Sharon

her phone, she saw three missed calls from Aiden Xavier, the last one just five minutes