When the Contract Marriage Ended, He Stayed

Chapter 106: One Week

News of Hazel Hawthorne’s injury quickly reached Fiona Forrest’s ears. Fiona had been busy and couldn’t attend Harrison Hawthorne’s birthday banquet, but many of the guests knew her. Since they all moved in the same circles, this sort of gossip was bound to spread quickly.

It was only a matter of time before Fiona Forrest heard about it.

When Fiona Forrest stormed into the villa, she found Aiden Xavier changing the dressing on Hazel Hawthorne’s wound. The moment the gauze was removed, revealing the shocking injury on Hazel’s hand, Fiona became absolutely livid. She pointed a finger in Hazel’s face and scolded, "Is this all you’re good for? Letting people bully you right on your own doorstep!"

"Mother, what are you talking about?" Aiden Xavier had to deal with Fiona Forrest’s fury while carefully changing Hazel’s dressing.

"Didn’t I tell you to cut ties with Raina Lowell long ago? Are you still contacting her behind our backs? Aiden Xavier, how many times do I have to tell you before you finally take my words to heart? As long as I’m alive, don’t even think about letting Raina Lowell through the Xavier family’s door."

"I know."

Fiona Forrest planted her hands on her hips and paced around the room. She looked at Hazel’s pathetic state, then thought about how Aiden and Raina Lowell were still entangled, and her anger flared up all over again. "What do you know? If you really knew, you would have cut off contact with Raina Lowell ages ago."

"I know what to do," Aiden Xavier said faintly. His expression remained focused as he treated Hazel’s wound, as if he were handling a precious treasure. Even Hazel found herself nearly captivated by his concentrated gaze.

"What do you know? If you knew, you’d have sent Raina Lowell back where she came from. If you can’t bear to do it, then leave it to me. I don’t want the Xavier family to have anything more to do with her."

Hazel watched Aiden’s focused profile, seeing that he still intended to protect Raina Lowell from his mother. A pang of envy for Raina welled up inside her. To be the object of so much of Aiden’s concern, to the point that he would even stand up to Fiona Forrest for her sake...

Hazel knew very well that Aiden was a filial son. For him to go this far for someone, how could she not be jealous of Raina?

’I could probably stay by his side my whole life,’ she thought to herself, ’and never receive this kind of treatment.’

won’t be staying in Kenport

an ultimatum. "I’m giving you one week, tops. If you

red with anger. One look at Hazel’s aggrieved, meek-wife expression made her even more speechless with fury, and she stormed out of

departing

I’m the one who got chewed out,

rice dumpling, and glanced away in distaste. "I didn’t even do anything. I even tried to

are you

chuckled. "In Mom’s eyes, my mistake was probably not keeping you on a tighter leash. I gave

first-aid kit while looking at his handiwork. The dumpling-like hand was a bit ugly. "Even without Raina, you’ve never kept me on a tight

can tie up your two legs, but I can’t tie up your

"..."

stare and pushed him away. "Men are animals who think with their lower bodies.

"You’re not wrong."

never believed it because she had never seen it with her own eyes, nor had it ever happened to her. She used to think that as long as there was love, you could use

mother made her understand that even if you love someone deeply, betrayal

When it disappears, all you can

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in the family from discussing it. After all, Hazel Hawthorne was Aiden Xavier’s wife; her disgrace was also the Hawthorne family’s

Harrison Hawthorne’s face, but in private, she grew very close to Raina Lowell. At the banquet that day, the two had hit it off immediately, as if they were long-lost friends. After exchanging just a few words, they felt they were destined to be besties, because they both shared a common

holds true: the enemy

initiative to get to know Raina. In her eyes, Raina was just the down-on-her-luck heiress of the Lowell family. These were not the old days when the Lowells were

survive. The Lowell family had long since faded from public life. The only reason anyone still gave Raina face was because of her relationship with Aiden Xavier. No one knew if she