When the Contract Marriage Ended, He Stayed

Chapter 49 Human Shield

Aiden Xavier’s timing was perfect, but it meant Hazel Hawthorne was exhausted from running. She braced one hand against the car window, gazing breathlessly at the dapper Aiden Xavier. Panting, she said, "What’s so urgent that you needed me to come down this very second?"

"Raina Lowell is throwing a fit about being discharged. I ran into paparazzi downstairs. I need you with me so I can go up."

Doubt filled Hazel Hawthorne’s face, and anger flared in her wide eyes. She stared at Aiden Xavier in disbelief. "Just for this? If there are paparazzi at the entrance, just find another way up. Don’t tell me they’re covering every single entrance."

"Correct. If I go see her alone, the paparazzi will have a field day. If you’re with me, it’s explainable."

Hazel Hawthorne’s expression was one of pure impatience. She could have accepted running down here if it had been for something truly important. But no, it was just because Raina Lowell was throwing a fit, and he was in such a rush to pacify her that he had to drag Hazel along.

"Aiden Xavier, the world doesn’t revolve around you. You’re free to revolve around Raina Lowell, and I won’t get in your way. But she’s your problem, not mine. I have no obligation to humor this insanity."

Hazel Hawthorne reined in her anger, keeping her tone toward Aiden Xavier just barely under control. "You’re Aiden Xavier. If you want to get in, you’ll find a way. You don’t need me."

"Your time is precious, and so is mine." Hazel Hawthorne stared intently at Aiden Xavier and took a deep breath. "I’ve told you before, I don’t want to be involved with you and Raina Lowell. Can you please keep me out of your business with her?"

"Get in the car." It was as if Aiden Xavier hadn’t heard a word she’d said, his resolve that she would accompany him unshaken.

Hazel Hawthorne stood outside the car, her anger flaring at his unyielding attitude. She was about to turn and walk away when she heard Aiden Xavier say impassively, "Your father asked me for another hundred million the day before yesterday."

Hazel Hawthorne froze mid-step. She turned back slowly. "Why didn’t I know about this?"

"Since when does your father ask for your permission to take my money?" Aiden Xavier retracted his gaze. "The agreement is very clear. There are necessary occasions where your presence is required."

livid. She couldn’t believe Harrison

"Correct."

Hawthorne let out a cold

added flatly, "If we keep standing here talking,

was bustling with people; it was true they could easily be

got in the car and sat beside Aiden Xavier, her expression blank as she said coolly,

slowly opened his

destroy the Hawthorne Family

back at the hospital entrance, Aiden Xavier deliberately paused for a few seconds in front of Hazel Hawthorne as he got

hand to link her arm with his. They looked just like a

rapidly. CLICK. CLICK. The moment was

Aiden Xavier and sneered, "Young Master

knew she was mocking him and

his ’white moonlight’." When Aiden Xavier ignored her, Hazel Hawthorne continued to mutter to herself, a bright smile on her face. To any onlooker, it would seem as if she and Aiden Xavier were having a

here to act as a human shield, all to protect her." Hazel Hawthorne clicked her tongue. Catching a glimpse of Aiden Xavier’s utterly indifferent expression out of the corner of her

after a while,’ she thought. ’It’s no fun when no

private nurse inside. She could perfectly picture the expression on Raina’s face, but she also knew that no matter how ferocious it was now, it would melt into one

mused. ’Does Aiden Xavier just have a thing for the damsel-in-distress type, or is that

Hawthorne instinctively released his arm, giving a dismissive purse of her lips. "You

Xavier glanced back at Hazel Hawthorne rolling her eyes at him before

mess. The moment Aiden Xavier appeared, she threw herself into his arms. Leaning against his chest, she was sobbing too hard to form a single word,