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."

Aiden Xavier showing up to see Raina Lowell so frequently, even

more than happy to be a bystander. Her only requirement for Aiden Xavier was simple: as long as he

Aiden Xavier’s car appeared at the hospital entrance, his sharp-eyed secretary spotted paparazzi hiding behind the hospital’s flowerbeds. He immediately made a turn, driving straight past

there are paparazzi around. We shouldn’t

my whereabouts so quickly? Someone must have told them in advance that I was coming to

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 car

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

have any more time alone together.

enough to change a person. She wasn’t even sure if Aiden Xavier loved the woman she was now, or the

by Fiona Forrest’s meddling,

You can’t be discharged without his permission," the private nurse said, looking at Raina Lowell with difficulty. She

secretary had parked in a quiet, inconspicuous corner. The private nurse’s calls

*****

taking a few days off, Hazel Hawthorne returned to the office to find a mountain of work piled up on her desk. She felt completely overwhelmed. Sitting next to her, Sharon Winters

She couldn’t help Hazel Hawthorne; she could barely keep her own head

perfectionist. She had high standards not only

Hazel Hawthorne was genuinely capable, she would never have allowed an

Hawthorne didn’t dare to delay and threw herself wholeheartedly into her

was different during breaks,

head. She glanced around; Sharon Winters was still buried in her work. Her own eyes were so

opportunity to check her phone, she saw three missed