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.

the corner, trembling uncontrollably. Before she could utter a word

Raina Lowell a twisted sort of pleasure. She grabbed the maid’s arm, holding her

She knew that crying for help or begging for mercy would only fuel Raina Lowell’s sadistic urges. Not only would she not be spared,

the floor. 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. "Go bandage that

dare make

just struggling to her feet, and warned, "You know what to say and what not to say. If you let Aiden know a

dared report her to Aiden now. All she wanted was to stay alive. And with Raina Lowell’s

changed. When she came out, she saw Aiden Xavier standing there. At first, she

pressed her cheek tightly against Aiden’s back, inhaling his familiar scent. Only then did Raina Lowell’s mood truly lift. "Aiden, I thought you

her away. His cold gaze made her heart clench with fear. "Why were you at

fell silent. She had, in fact, overheard Harrison Hawthorne’s phone call to Aiden and learned he would be

you have no place at an event like

she couldn’t stop herself from asking, "Is it because you didn’t want me to find out that you and Hazel are actually on good terms? Or is it because you feel my status makes

"What do you think?"

to know that you and Hazel get along so well, and you thought my presence at Harrison Hawthorne’s birthday

even pausing to think, Raina Lowell shot back, "But who put me in this position, Aiden? Have you ever thought about that? If you really wanted to be with me, why are you still so unwilling to divorce Hazel? Do you really have no feelings

I do." Aiden had no desire to argue this point with her any longer. His cold, predatory gaze swept over Raina Lowell’s grief-stricken face. "You don’t get

disbelief. "So that’s all