Chapter 401
Chapter 401
Zavier flicked away the cigarette ash nonchntly, took another puff and said, “You can go now. I’ve
already asked someone to invite Skyler for dinner.”
“Zavier, have you lost your humanity?” The mention of Skyler made Cornelia lose her cool, and she
mmed her hand on the table, “Even though Skyler left you, she’s still your wife. She carried your
child. Why can’t you let her be?”
Zavier’s eyes darkened, “So you do remember she’s my wife? I thought you’d forgotten. If you know,
then why are you meddling in our
business?”
“So, I should just stand by and watch her walk to her death?” Cornelia shuddered at the memory of
Skyler’s miscarriage, feeling suffocated every time it crossed her mind, “Zavier, have you forgotten
what happened on New Year’s Day? Skyler nearly died. Do you want to watch her die before you’ll be
satisfied?”
“Whether she lives or dies, I don’t care. All I know is that she belongs to me and no one else can take
her away.” Zavier finished off a cigarette in one go, lit another one and started blowing smoke rings.
The sight of Skyler lying in a pool of blood on New Year’s Day was something Zavier would never
forget. It still ached his heart to think about it and that was why he couldn’t bring himself to approach
her easily.
What he couldn’t understand was why Skyler had approached him first, why she had forced him to
marry her using various tactics. He had gone against his family to marry her, and had invested both
money and man-power to help her family get back on their feet.
He had always thought that Skyler loved him, never suspecting that she was just using him. Once her
goals were achieved and he was of no use to her, she couldn’t wait to leave him. To be able to leave
him, she had even cruelly caused their child’s miscarriage.
What did she take him for? Was he just a disposable tool to her?
If she wouldn’t make life easy for him, then she wouldn’t have it easy for the rest of her life either. He
would haunt her like a ghost until
death.
“You…” Cornelia had been with Zavier for over an hour now, and he had been chain-smoking the entire
time, hardly stopping.
Cornelia guessed that he wasn’t as cold-blooded and ruthless as he seemed, and tried to understand
what was going on in his mind, “Mr. Rivera, you’re still in love with Skyler, aren’t you?”
“Love her? What’s there to love about such a heartless woman?” Zavier crushed the nearly finished
cigarette forcefully, and lit another one, “I’m tormenting her to make her realize that I won’t let go of
those who betray me. Even in death, she can only die by my side and belong to me. She can never cut
ties with me.”
Zavier’s feelings for Skyler ran deep, and his words confirmed Cornelia’s suspicions, “Mr. Rivera, as a
woman, I should understand a woman’s thoughts better than you do. If you really love Skyler, then you
shouldn’t be treating her this way. To love someone, you should respect her first.”
“Don’t I respect her?” Cornelia’s words struck a chord in Zavier, and he instinctively expressed his true
feelings for Skyler, but he still refused to admit that he loved this woman who just wanted to leave him,
“Cornelia, you’re just Marc’s assistant. Don’t think you know
me
Cornelia didn’t think highly of herself, “We’re just strangers. I’m not interested in knowing you. I’m
talking to you because Skyler is my friend. I want to remind you that your way is wrong.”
“Is my way wrong? Then Marcus’s way is right?” Just as Zavier was about to reveal the real
rtionship between Marcus and Comelia, a security guard walked in, “Mr. Rivera, President Hartley is
here.”
Before the guard could finish, Marcus’s tall figure appeared at the door. His usually neat hair was a bit
messy, as if he had rushed over. Seeing him, Cornelia felt like she had seen a life savior. Her inner
unease immediately eased, and she ran to him, “President Hartley”N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.