Chapter 94


    Chapter 94


    The address Shawn gave led me to the front entrance of the airport. The moment I got there, I saw a


    few luxury cars parked by the side of the road, right beside the ''No Parking'' sign. People who could


    afford to leave their cars there were clearly powerful individuals. Among the cars was a ck Mercedes


    Benz that had a car te number made up of ones. This was clearly Shawn''s car. He''s probably


    waiting for me in the car.


    I left my vehicle in the allocated parking spot before I got out of the car to walk to Shawn. However,


    right before I opened the door to the Mercedes Benz, I heard an annoying voice call my name from


    behind. "What are you doing here, Renee?" This was a voice I despised.


    This woman simply refused to learn her lesson. She never knew who she could or couldn''t afford to


    mess with. However, she had the capacity to act recklessly since she was the heir of the Yates Family.


    Right now, she was also Nichs'' fiancée.


    "Is that any of your business?" I asked without turning around. I couldn''t be bothered to look at her.


    "How''s your illness?" she asked in a sarcastic tone. I kept my lips sealed. I truly hated the woman


    behind me, and it gave me a headache to see how persistent she was. I could just open the door to the


    Mercedes Benz, but I didn''t want her to see Shawn.


    I was just about to turn around to curse at her when I caught sight of the man beside her, and I froze for


    a moment. I didn''t expect Nichs to be there. It wasn''t just him—it was also everyone else in the


    Yates Family, except Benedict. Even Nichs'' aunt was there. Nichs was probably there to pick the


    Yates Family up from the airport, although I didn''t know if he was there to pick up his aunt or Alice.


    Either way, it didn''t matter to me.


    When Alice saw the surprised look on my face, she purposely wrapped her arm around Nichs before


    ridiculing me. "Renee, you had new gossip just two months after your incident at the church. This time,


    you even got the Xenos Family from Bryxton involved. And I heard that you kissed Merlin a while ago


    as well… What a flirtatious woman you are!"


    I used to think that Josephine was the dumb one, while Alice was slightly better. However, it seemed


    like both of them were equally brainless. I narrowed my eyes and gazed at Nichs, who quickly


    wriggled his arm out of Alice''s grip. It was as if he was saying that he didn''t want to be a part of this


    catfight.


    If this had happened in the past, he would have cared for me a little more. He once said that I was his


    bottom line that others couldn''t afford to mess with, yet he didn''t seem to be doing anything right then.


    It was just like how things had turned out two months ago. Technically, Nichs only made a deal with


    Quinn so that I would survive, so I shouldn''t me him for anything. His intentions were good, after all.


    Yet, what he said about my infertility truly hurt me.


    All the shameless pleads and wails ended after I heard him talk about my infertility. I no longer begged


    him to bring me home after that, nor did I continue to stop him from getting married. All I wanted to do


    then was to escape the ce. I was lucky that Shawn had shown up then!


    As I returned to reality, I sighed as I thought about how meaningless all of this was.


    An embarrassed look surfaced on Alice''s face after Nichs shoved her arm away. "I hope you stay


    healthy," she uttered out of nowhere.


    "Do you have a brain?" I shot her a puzzled re.


    This was the first time Alice had seen me speaking so directly, and her face turned pale after that. "I


    can''t be bothered to exin anything to you after I''ve already made the post online! So what if I kissed


    Merlin? I am a single, divorced woman who has the right to be with anyone I want to. Furthermore,


    what do my and Christopher’s rumors have to do with you? I could immediately marry Christopher if I


    wanted to, or I could continue flirting with Nichs—all of this is possible since I''m single. I can go


    wherever I want and be with anyone I like, including my ex-husband, Nichs," I hissed.


    Alice wore a grim look on her face while Nichs red at me with mes dancing in his eyes. I


    returned the gaze whileughing. "I''m just giving an example, of course. I''d never have anything to do


    with Nichs again. This man is in the past, and I don''t like looking back at lost rtionships."


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    "That''s enough," Nichs reminded me in an icy tone. This was the first thing that he had ever said to


    me in the past two months, and I could see the burning rage in his eyes as he spoke. "Do you still love


    me?" I asked him with a smile. "I just happen to be infertile, but you still love me, don''t you? I''m


    standing right in front of you now, Nichs. Are you sad because you can''t have me?" I targeted his


    feelings with a sharp tone.


    He red at me speechlessly. At this point, both Alice and Nichs'' expressions were grim, while


    Roxane, who was standing by the side, quickly stepped in to cool them down. "I don''t know about how


    youngsters date nowadays, President Felix. However, whatever you''re talking about is in the past.


    Now, Nichs is Alice''s fiancé, and I believe that we all know our limits here. We shouldn''t do anything


    to hurt anyone," she uttered and paused before continuing. "Anyway, we shouldn''t allow young love to


    come in the way of the Felix and Yates Families'' harmonious rtionship, right?"


    I only had a decent rtionship with the Yates because of Benedict. Once Benedict retired, I was


    certain that Yates Corporation would fall under my control. This would be my punishment for Alice''s


    disobedience. However, I would have toe up with a long-term n for that. "Of course," I replied


    with a smile.


    Then, I rested my back against the car before I continued to speak to Alice. "My dear President Yates,


    you''ve always been the one who uses sarcasm on me, and you even threw a ss of red wine at me.


    What did you get in return? A scar on your forehead? You''ve never gotten anywhere good. If I were


    you, I would''ve learned to listen to orders. Please keep an eye on her, Madam Yates."


    There was a faint scar on Alice''s forehead, and I figured that it was simr to the one on my face.


    These scars were tough to remove, but she asked for it! Alice red at me angrily, but she knew to


    control herself since Nichs and Roxane were around. Roxane continued to apologize to me. "I''m


    sorry, President Felix. I''ll keep an eye on her from now on."


    They didn''t seem to want to leave after that, and I stared at them until they felt embarrassed to just


    stand around. In the end, Roxane was the one who suggested leaving. The moment their figures


    turned around, I hastily opened the door to the car.


    Moments before I got into the car, I saw Nichs ncing at me. Our gazes met, and I found myself


    troubled as I suspected that he saw Shawn. Well, so what if he did see Shawn? Nichs isn''t the type


    of guy to pick a fight.


    I smiled at him, but his face remained pale as he parted his lips to speak. "What''s your rtionship with


    Shawn?"


    "Why don''t you take a guess?" I responded quietly. Then, I hopped into the car as fast as I could. Since


    it was summer, the car''s air conditioner was on full st, and I felt a cold wind the moment I entered. I


    turned sideways to find Shawn looking down at theptop on his legs. He seemed to be handling some


    matters, and he didn''t greet me when I got into the car. Instead, he simply sent orders to the driver.


    "Drive us to Algen Tower."


    Algen Tower was the most famous office building in the whole of Bryxton. Once the driver started on


    the journey, the car was filled with pin-drop silence. I was certain that Shawn had seen everything that


    happened between Nichs and me earlier, yet he didn''t question me at all. This man didn''t have an


    ounce of curiosity in him. Any regr man would''ve asked me about it.


    However, I didn''t mind his distant demeanor. The main reason I was there was to talk about Kevin,


    anyway. Since Shawn was busy with work, I decided not to bother him. Instead, I sat beside him


    obediently, and I waited for him in the car after we got to Algen Tower. He had matters to deal with in


    the building.


    This went on until the sun went down—I had waited for about five hours in the car. Throughout this


    period, I scrolled through Twitter as I was afraid that Kevin would do something rash. Fortunately,


    everything seemed peaceful on the Inte. Well, it wasn''t entirely peaceful—just the tweet that Kevin


    had made using Xenos Solutions'' official ount was enough to trigger the loving side of all the


    netizens. Many of them were ''shipping'' Shawn and I—we were the new popr couple on the Inte.


    The truth was that Shawn and I weren''t rted at all—at least not in any romantic manner. As I was


    contemting this matter, I saw Shawn''snky figure heading out of the Algen Tower. His footsteps


    were firm and solid, and his expression was as cold as usual. All the wealthydies around him were


    too afraid to hit on him, so the most they could do was tag along behind him. Even then, they only


    followed him up to the front entrance of the building.


    The driver opened the door for Shawn. The moment Shawn bent to enter the car, he fixed his gaze on


    me, and a peculiar look began to form in his eyes. It was almost as if this was the first time he looked at


    me today. Could it be because of what I''m wearing? He might be a simple and pure man with no


    desires, but he''s still a man. It''s only normal for him to feel attracted to a prettydy like me, right? This


    isn''t love, though—it''s just the way a guy looks at a girl.


    "Don''t wear this type of clothes from now on," he ordered with a frown. I knew that my outfit was what


    had caught his eyes. "Why?" I asked.


    "You''re too exposed," he responded in the same cold tone. I stared at him speechlessly. This was the


    first time he had ever made ament about my outfit. Is this the first time he''s paid attention to my


    outfit? How much has he been ignoring me?


    I lowered my gaze to look at my white, cropped singlet. I was tempted to argue that my outfit hadn''t


    offended him in any way, but I didn''t want to start a fight with him, so I decided to swallow any


    resentment that I felt. I simply rested in the backseat of the car while staring out at the night view


    outside the window. A whileter, the driver asked me for my apartment''s address. I told the driver


    where I stayed, and he sent us back to the apartment.


    Once we arrived, I led Shawn to my house. I realized that we hadn''t had dinner, so I headed to the


    kitchen to prepare food, but I then realized that I didn''t know how to cook. "What do you want to eat


    tonight?" I asked Shawn.


    "Anything." He entered and changed into indoor slippers before sitting on the couch. Then, he opened


    hisptop and got back to work once more. Since he didn''t say much, I pulled my phone out to order


    out. It wasn''t that I didn''t know how to cook—I had actually cooked thousands of times throughout my


    three-year rtionship with Nichs. I knew how to cook all sorts of cuisines. But since I woke up in


    Sundew 4 months ago, I no longer felt like entering the kitchen. I even convinced myself that the only


    thing I knew how to make was instant noodles and porridge. I didn''t want to revisit the trauma of the


    past.


    After a while, I lowered my phone and went over to sit beside Shawn. I saw him scrolling through


    Twitter. Is he going to deal with my matters now? He sure is busy. He probably only found the time to


    deal with this now.


    Shawn scrolled down to see the video of Christopher and I. "I came here to look for you nine years


    ago." The audio from the video sounded as he tapped into it. I was standing downstairs in the video,


    and Christopher was on the second floor. We seemed like we were gazing lovingly at one another in


    the video. I turned to re at Shawn for a moment. I wanted to turn the video off, but I didn''t dare to


    touch hisptop, so I had no choice but to exin myself. "I couldn''t fall asleep that night after I got to


    Bryxton, so I drove over to that spot. I didn''t expect Christopher to be there as well," I said.


    Up until then, I had no idea who was the one who filmed the video. The video sounded once more. "I


    used to love you so, so much—just the sound of your name used to send tingles down my spine. I


    would''ve jumped in front of a car for you! I still feel nervous even as I look at you now!" I was


    speechless. This entire situation was frustrating—Kevin had just recited my words to me this morning,


    and Shawn was reying the video right now. Fortunately, he didn''t seem interested in it, so he


    stopped the video and turned to me. "How do you think we should deal with this?"


    "What?" I asked dazedly.


    "Theizens wouldn''t stop making guesses if we just deleted the repost from Xenos Solutions'' official


    ount. We have to make a clear statement," he said.


    "Should we get a staff member from Xenos Solutions to be the scapegoat for this matter?" I suggested.


    "What?" He raised an eyebrow.


    "We can say that one of the staff members was too supportive of us as a couple and that they were too


    involved in our rtionship and desperately hoped for us to be together. So, that staff member hacked


    thepany''s official ount to post that tweet. We can say that we''ve fired the staff member." I came


    up with a random idea.


    "Us… as a couple?" Shawn mumbled.


    "How is that possible, right? I don''t even like you." The minute I finished my words, I pped my hand


    over my mouth. Why was I so straightforward? Well, I guess it''s nothing. He once said that he''s not


    someone I can fall for, right? His words were more hurtful.


    Shawn''s expression stiffened when he heard my words, but he didn''t ask anything more about it.


    Instead, he logged into thepany''s Twitter ount before he typed some words out elegantly. His


    slender and fair fingersnded firmly on the keyboard, and anyone who had a finger or hand fetish


    would definitely fall for him. Just the sight of his fingers made me feel like sucking on it. Yes, I wanted


    to put his fingers in my mouth and suck on them. It was atrocious how perfect his fingers were. My face


    turned red just at the thought of them. Why am I fantasizing about him like this? I even imagined the


    way his hands held onto my waist earlier today.


    I was made speechless by my thoughts. I should really keep my distance from him. Shawn used Xenos


    Solutions'' official ount to post a simple tweet. ''The tweet posted that day was made by a staff


    member who was trying to create rumors. We have dealt with the staff member.'' Then, Shawn deleted


    the previous tweet. Histest tweet was short but impactful, so I was sure that the hype would die down


    by the next day. "Thank you, Sunny," I uttered while heaving a sigh of relief.


    "No worries." He ignored me after that, and he simply headed back to the bedroom. A whileter, the


    food delivery arrived at our doorstep, so I called him out for dinner. He had taken his suit off by then, so


    he was only wearing a white shirt. However, his tie was still fixed around his cor. After dinner was


    over, I didn''t remove my makeup immediately. My stomach wasn''t feeling too well, so Iy down on the


    couch and rested for a while.


    The more Iy down, the more my stomach ached. The intensity of the pain grew by the second, so I


    ended up crawling over to the bedroom and lying down beside Shawn. He was the only person I could


    rely on then. He was leaning against the headboard of the bed and reading a book that I had left by my


    bedside. After entering the room, I crawled into bed before speaking in a weak voice. "I''m in pain."


    "Where does it hurt?" he asked. His voice was devoid of warmth, yet I felt like he was the only person I


    could cling to at that point. I reached my hand out and grabbed his palm to press it against my t


    stomach. The touch of his cold skin against mine made me sigh in relief. At that point, I didn''t realize


    how his body had stiffened a little. "Help me massage it a little, Shawn," I said weakly. This was the first


    time I had properly called him by his name—I was in too much pain to be aware of what was going on.


    When I felt his palm rubbing against my stomach, Iy downfortably and shut my eyes for a while.


    Soon enough, I fell asleep. I didn''t hear what he had said. "How dare you, Myra! No one has ever made


    me do this. You''re really testing my limits just because you think that I won''t punish you," he said.


    I woke up in the middle of the night to find myself lying straight in bed. When I recalled what had


    happened the night before, my entire face turned red with shame. I think I reached out to pull his hand


    overst night, I thought. Meanwhile, Shawn was sleeping on the other side of the bed, with his long


    limbs lying neatly on the bed.


    My stomach still hurt a little, so I got up and went to the washroom. I realized that I was having my


    period, so I wore a sanitary pad and headed out to grab a ss of warm water. Nothing seemed to


    make my stomach feel better—I didn''t feel good even after resting on the couch for a long while. At


    about 4.00AM, I received a call from Leon. I figured that it had to be bad news if he was calling at this


    hour.


    "What is it?" I hastily picked the call up.


    "Quinn is really ill. She''s hospitalized now," he said. I felt especially terrible since I knew that Quinn''s


    kidney couldn''t support her and that her other kidney was in me. "I''ll rush to the hospital now," I uttered


    after sighing. When I got to the hospital, Quinn had juste out from the emergency room. Her face


    waspletely pale—she barely looked alive as shey on the hospital bed.


    I wanted to save her, but I also wanted to live. I couldn''t return her kidney to her at all, since I only had


    one kidney left. However, the key issue was that this kidney belonged to her. I was selfishly enjoying


    my life with the support of an organ that belonged to someone else. This made me feel terrible about


    myself—I had no idea how things turned out this way.


    A few minutes after I arrived, Quinn woke up and stared at me eagerly. "I want to live, Renee. I want to


    live with my own kidney." I pressed my lips tight without saying anything.


    "You people from the Felix Family are truly robbers. I can''t get my kidney back even if I want to. What


    do you want from me?" she continued. Her figure was frail and skinny; her face was small; her eyes


    were swollen; and her gaze was ssy and dazed. This was a result of being constantly weak and ill.


    I was distracted by the way she was questioning me, and I stumbled backward without even realizing it.


    "Don''t overthink it, Renee," Leon uttered while holding onto me. Then, he turned to lecture Quinn.


    "Renee didn''t do anything wrong. You can''t me her for this, Quinn."


    Quinn smiled and turned away without saying anything. She seemed rather disappointed in Leon. Leon


    didn''t know the truth, after all—he didn''t know that Quinn''s kidney was inside me. I didn''t want to tell


    him anything for fear that it would make him feel worse. However, I didn''t want him to misunderstand


    Quinn either. It seemed like there was no way to get the best of both worlds.


    I felt like I was a pretentious b*tch. Am I any different from all those fake b*tches out there? If I were to


    consider things from Quinn''s perspective, I would think that she wasn''t doing anything wrong. I was


    selfish to choose to live!


    I tugged on Leon''s hand and dragged him out before telling him the whole truth with tears in my eyes.


    He began to tear up after hearing what I said. For a moment, he turned silent before pushing me aside


    and leaving the hospital. I was too stunned to do anything for a moment, and it took me a while to


    regain myposure before giving my assistant a call. "I need you to find a kidney donor."


    "Who''s the one who needs it, President Felix?" my assistant asked.


    "Quinn." I had to force the words out of my mouth.


    "Okay, President Felix." After ending the call, I didn''t go back to the condominium. Instead, I drove to


    one of the bars since I no longer had to stop myself from drinking. I didn''t have a very high tolerance,


    so I got drunk after a while. I tried to force myself to drive back to Felix''s Vi, but I had only driven less


    than a mile when the police stopped my car.


    They ordered me to do a sobriety test. "That''s really high! Don''t you cherish your life, youngdy?!" the


    police barked at me.