Chapter 196


    Chapter 196


    It was a middle-aged man, looking as stern as ever.


    His disapproving gaze hadn’t changed since thest time they met.


    ‘Larissa.”


    Upon hearing him utter her name, Larissa shuddered involuntarily.


    He had never bothered to acknowledge her before.


    The only time he called her name was to belittle and criticize her.


    “Mr. Seymour.” Composing herself, Larissa addressed him like any other guest in the hotel. “Is there


    anything that I can help you with?”


    “Come inside first,” Xavier muttered and turned into the room, as if he knew that she would follow his


    orders.


    And indeed, Larissaplied.


    What if he was really here to make aint?


    It turned out she had guessed wrong.


    “Your mother is sick.” Xavier went straight to the point.


    When she heard the news, Larissa wasn’t the slightest bit concerned with what happened to Yvette.


    “With her family’s care and support, she should be able to recover soon,” Larissa said formally as she


    maintained a professional smile on her face.


    “She has cancer.” Xavier’s expression grew even more solemn. “It waste-stage uterine cancer when


    we discovered her illness.”


    Taken aback, Larissa clenched her fists instinctively.


    “I know we’ve always treated you poorly, and it’s natural for you to resent us,” Xavier recalled the past


    calmly, without a hint of remorse in his tone. “But she is still your mother. She carried you for nine


    months in her womb and raised you to adulthood. I hope that you will meet her for thest time.”


    It was obvious that Xavier was manipting her emotions. However, Larissa always had her guard up


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    Besides, Lana had asked her to go home on New Year’s Day, but she never mentioned anything about


    Yvette’s illness.


    Larissa couldn’t tell if Yvette intentionally hid it from Lana or if Xavier was lying.


    “Since you imed that she’s sick, where’s the evidence?” Larissa asked. “I won’t believe your words


    without evidence.”


    Xavier narrowed his eyes and snorted coldly, “Larissa, you really have no conscience!”


    Picking up a medical record that was lying within reach, he threw it in Larissa’s direction. “Don’t believe


    me? Take a good look and see if


    your mother is really sick or not!”


    Indeed, Yvette’s name was written on the medical record.


    Larissa flipped the pages and could only make out the words “uterine cancer” on the first page amongst


    the messy handwriting.


    Taking a deep breath, Larissa tried to suppress the anxiety within her as she closed the document.


    “Medical records like these are easily fabricated.”


    Although this statement seemed to be questioning Xavier, she was also convincing herself.


    When Yvette came to see herst time, herplexion and behavior didn’t seem like a patient


    suffering from cancer.


    Despite that, Larissa was still afraid.


    What if it was true?


    She definitely hated and resented Yvette, but as Xavier sald, Yvette was still her biological mother, the


    one who brought her into this world.


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    Although Larissa was determined to cut off all ties with Yvette and the Seymour family, if Yvette was


    truly terminally ill, she felt obligated to see her mother onest time after all.


    Xavierpletely lost his patience. “It’s best if you go along with me willingly. If you’re unwilling to


    comply…”


    The door to the bedroom suddenly burst open.


    A group of muscr bodyguards dressed in ck emerged and surrounded Larissa.


    “In that case, I’ll have them take you back by force.”