When the Contract Marriage Ended, He Stayed

Chapter 107: The Unhinged Raina Lowell

So Aiden Xavier and Hazel Hawthorne’s relationship was already that intimate, and she hadn’t even noticed. She’d always believed Aiden’s excuses, thinking the only reason he hadn’t divorced Hazel yet was because he lacked a good reason, and that was why he maintained their current arrangement.

But that wasn’t it at all. The truth was that Aiden Xavier had never even considered divorcing his wife. The more Raina Lowell thought about it, the angrier she became, a deep sadness welling up inside her. She had given Aiden everything, only to end up with this.

Yvette Hawthorne wasn’t sure if Raina Lowell was even listening. When a long silence passed without a response, she continued, "Actually, I think my brother-in-law is still quite fond of my sister. Why else would he put up with her temper? Very few people can handle her personality, you know."

"Is that so?" Raina Lowell’s voice was cold, betraying no emotion. Her grip on her phone tightened. "I was under the impression their relationship was on the rocks."

Yvette Hawthorne feigned surprise. "Why would you think that?"

Raina Lowell said nothing. She had never personally witnessed how Aiden and Hazel Hawthorne behaved around each other. Of course, whenever she was present, the two of them always acted so distant that she couldn’t tell a thing.

"A woman has to be careful, you know. Don’t let yourself be fooled by a facade." Yvette Hawthorne’s words were pointed. She sighed. "Well, I have to go. I need to take my mom shopping." And with that, she hastily hung up.

Raina Lowell sat in the living room, her eyes fixed on the maid bustling about in the kitchen. Her bottled-up rage had nowhere to go. Glaring viciously at the maid’s back, she suddenly stood, strode over, and snatched the towel from the woman’s hand, flinging it to the floor.

The maid was terrified by her ferocity. Not daring to speak, she looked at Raina Lowell with trepidation. "Ms. Lowell."

Without a second thought, Raina Lowell lunged forward, grabbed the maid by the throat, and backed her into a corner. "Why does the very sight of you piss me off?" she snarled.

no idea what she had done to set Raina Lowell off this time. She cowered in the corner, trembling uncontrollably. Before she could utter a word

seemed to bring Raina Lowell a twisted sort of pleasure. She grabbed the maid’s arm, holding her fast so she couldn’t struggle, and continued to drag the knife across

for help or begging for mercy would only fuel Raina Lowell’s sadistic urges. Not only

Raina Lowell glanced dispassionately at the web of small cuts on the maid’s arm before flinging the knife to the ground with a satisfied clatter.

dare make

know what to say and what not to say. If you let Aiden know

was to stay alive. And with Raina

went back to her room, showered, and changed. When she came out, she saw Aiden Xavier standing there. At first, she thought her eyes were playing

pressed her cheek tightly against Aiden’s back, inhaling his familiar scent. Only then did Raina Lowell’s mood

cold gaze made her heart clench with fear. "Why were you at Harrison Hawthorne’s

fell silent. She had, in fact, overheard Harrison Hawthorne’s phone call to Aiden and learned he would be attending the party. "And why couldn’t I

you have no place at an event

that?" The image of Aiden standing beside Hazel Hawthorne at the party flashed through Raina Lowell’s mind, and she couldn’t stop herself from asking, "Is it

"What do you think?"

you and Hazel get along so well, and you thought my presence at Harrison

about that? If you really wanted to

with her any longer. His cold, predatory gaze swept over Raina Lowell’s grief-stricken face. "You don’t get to set the rules. If you want

Raina Lowell stared at Aiden in disbelief.