When the Contract Marriage Ended, He Stayed

Chapter 113: The Truth Behind Marcus Xavier’s Death

"The Truth Behind Marcus Xavier’s Death." Six large words appeared before Hazel Hawthorne, and her mind went blank. Marcus Xavier’s death had been the talk of the entire city back then. She remembered that even though she was just a child, she had heard a lot about him from her parents.

She knew Marcus Xavier was Aiden Xavier’s father and that he had died mysteriously in a suburban villa when Aiden was fifteen.

The reason his death was described as "mysterious" was that when Marcus Xavier’s body was discovered, he was dressed in women’s clothing, sitting at his desk with a pen in his hand. Besides a mirror, there was nothing else on the desk.

Nothing in the room appeared to have been disturbed. After a lengthy investigation, the police could only rule Marcus Xavier’s death a suicide, and they concluded that his wearing women’s clothing meant he had a cross-dressing fetish.

Hazel Hawthorne wanted to open the file. She was simply too curious. Based on her few memories of seeing Marcus Xavier as a child, she had never believed he had a cross-dressing fetish. Deep down, she didn’t trust the police’s judgment from all those years ago.

However, because Marcus Xavier was wearing women’s clothes when he died, he was branded a pervert by the public. Unable to bear the scandal, Fiona Forrest and the Xavier Family stopped speaking about the matter publicly. Later on, it seemed something had happened to Aiden Xavier as well, and after that, few people ever mentioned the Xaviers’ affairs.

If she hadn’t seen Marcus Xavier’s name, Hazel Hawthorne wouldn’t have suddenly recalled these past events.

After waiting for Aiden Xavier for a long time, Hazel Hawthorne, on a strange impulse, started reading the file on the truth behind Marcus Xavier’s death. Who would have thought she’d become so engrossed that she didn’t even notice when Aiden entered the office? She remained completely absorbed until a soft cough from him jolted her back to her senses.

Lifting her eyes to see Aiden Xavier suddenly standing beside her, Hazel Hawthorne felt like she’d been caught red-handed. She immediately lowered her gaze, not daring to meet his eyes. Her own darted around nervously as she stammered, "When did you get in?"

to disturb you." Aiden Xavier calmly gathered the file from the desk, acting as if nothing was wrong. He didn’t seem to hold it against Hazel, nor did he question why she was looking at

Marcus Xavier’s death. His death had not only had

always idolized his father, Marcus Xavier. Discovering that his father had committed suicide while wearing women’s clothing must have been

to apologize, but since Aiden was pretending he hadn’t noticed anything, she didn’t know how to

I didn’t mean to look at it just now." After a long silence, Hazel finally took the initiative to apologize to Aiden. She expected him to lash

words, no blame,

looked at the flustered Hazel and said gently, "You must have gotten bored waiting

okay to look through things when you’re bored.’ That’s what Hazel understood him to mean. She looked

suddenly

even more intoxicating than the cold and

that why he’s trying this gentle approach, so

I’m not as disgusting as you think." One moment Aiden had been gentle, but the next his face was ashen as he glared at Hazel. The expression on her face had

’It seems I can’t be

blink of an eye! I knew that gentleness was just an act. This is your true self. If you want to yell at me, just say so. Why beat around the bush and make me a nervous wreck? I know it was wrong of

gave Hazel

had sincerely apologized, but not only did Aiden not appreciate it, he even gave her a nasty look. The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. Trailing behind him, she raised her hand and started shadowboxing at the back of his head,

around? As fate would have it, Hazel’s fist froze right in front of his face, less than a few inches from the tip of his nose. If she’d been a

too slow. Belatedly, she pulled her