Chapter 43
“Jon!” She called him, but this time it was loud. At the same time, both hands were pressed firmly
against his face.
A trace of rity emerged again from his gaze. His pitch–ck pupils showed that he regained
focus, reflecting her face. However, his gaze was extraordinarily intricate.
“What’s wrong with you?” she asked.
“Nothing.” He exhaled a sigh of relief.
“I’m d you’re fine.” She breathed a sigh of relief. “The way you looked just now, it was like…” She
thought for a moment and came up with a description. “It’s like fragile ss. You gave me quite a
shock.”
“Fragile ss?” He chuckled. A hint of chilling coldness and ruthlessness flickered in his eyes.
However, that glint vanished in an instant, quickly returning to normal. “Rosie, there’s no one in this
world who can shatter me!”
She felt as if the person before her had transformed in that fleeting moment just now. “Maybe
there’s something wrong with my vision,” Rosalie thought.
“Rosie, you’ll never leave me alone, right?” He stared at her and asked.
She smiled. “Didn’t we talk about it before? If you don’t leave me, I won’t leave you.”
“Yeah, we talked about that before. I forgot for a moment,” he murmured. He stretched his arms and
pulled her into his embrace, feeling her
presence.
Jonathan pondered, “Even though she said she won’t abandon me, why do I start to feel uneasy?
Am I afraid someday she’ll leave me once she learns about my true identity? Jon can stay with her,
but what about Jonathan? Will that be okay?”
In the living room of the Xanthos residence, Frank asked Zachary, “Zachary, Yvette said Jonathan
had his secretary pick you up to meet him. Why did he suddenly want to meet you alone?”
About Jonathan, there was a trace of apprehension in Frank’s voice. After all, unlike the
Youngblood family, the Xanthos family’s business was declining. The marriage of convenience with
the Hamilton family was a path to revive the Xanthos family’s business in Frank’s eyes.
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He was afraid that Jonathan held a bias against the Xanthos family, which could potentially hinder
the marriage of convenience n.
“Nothing,” Zachary replied.
“You said nothing to Yvette. Why do you still refuse to tell us? Why did Jonathan ask the secretary
to pick you up?” Frank questioned angrily.
“That’s right, Zachary. Tell us honestly if there’s something wrong.” Olivia also persuaded Zachary.
Zachary took a deep breath and responded, “It’s really nothing.”
That was because he could not say it. Revealing it would truly anger Jonathan. Thinking of the
scene when he met Jonathan that day, Zachary still shivered at the memory.
“Could it be that Jonathan is still holding a grudge against us? Is he nning to take action against
us?” Frank spected.
“It has nothing to do with the Xanthos family. Jonathan met me that day just to talk about the
engagement party.” Zachary could only simply make up a reason.
Frank and Olivia finally heaved a sigh of relief, and their expressions turned better.
Zachary’s younger sister, Zendaya Xanthos, remarked angrily, “After all, it was Rosalie who caused
this. If it weren’t for her, would our family live on the edge?”
When speaking of Rosalie, Zendaya was furious. After Rosalie
orchestrated that car ident, Zendaya often heard people gossiping at some socialite gatherings,
saying things like “the Xanthos family was doomed“. It was utterly humiliating for Zendaya.
It wasn’t until Zachary and Yvette were dating that no one finally said so.
“Rosalie is practically a jinx for the Xanthos family. Fortunately, Zach broke up with her in time back
then. She was never worthy of him. I heard she’s even a street sweeper now, a total
embarrassment. And as for the judgest time, why did they only sentence her to three years? In
my opinion, they should sentence her to imprisonment for at least ten or twenty years!”
Zendaya spoke of Rosalie with a look of disgust, but the more shemented, the more fearful
Zachary became.
One had to know that Rosalie was Jonathan’s woman now. Even if Jonathan did not explicitly state
the nature of their rtionship, as a
man, Zachary could infer something.
“Enough, Zendaya! Stop talking about her. You better be nice to see
Rosalie whenever you meet her,” Zachary said.
Zendaya retorted dissatisfiedly, “Zach, what’s wrong with you? In the past, whenever I mentioned
her, you did not have any reaction. Why are you suddenly defending her now?”
“Zachary, are you still in love with Rosalie?” Olivia asked worriedly.
Upon hearing that, Frank raised his eyebrows and said, “Don’t even think about it. That Rosalie, she
better don’t even think about setting foot on the Xanthos residence’s doorstep.”
Zachary felt overwhelmed. The reality waspletely different from what they were assuming.
However, he could not reveal the truth right now. He clenched his teeth and exined, “I have no
feelings for Rosalie, but she’s someone that we can’t offend! That’s all I can say!”
“We can’t afford to offend her?” Zendaya scoffed at the statement. “Zach, what nonsense are you
talking about? Rosalie is a sanitary worker. What do you mean we can’t afford to offend her?”
“Anyway, just listen to me. Don’t end up causing harm to the entire Xanthos family,” Zachary
warned sternly.
Frank had gone through a lot, and seeing Zachary like that made him realize something was amiss.
“Zachary, what exactly is the situation with this Rosalie?”
“Dad, there’s something I can’t tell. You all better respect her, at least… for now, show her a little
more respect,” Zachary replied. After all, it seemed that Jonathan held a special significance for
Rosalie for the time being.
Frank appeared lost in thought while Olivia remained silent. Only Zendaya could not care less,
disdainfully pursing her lips. She found it unbelievable and she thought, “Respecting Rosalie? It’s
obvious that Zach still has feelings for her. He must be finding excuses! She has been to prison, yet
she still dares toe out and cause trouble. She knows Zach is about to get engaged, yet she’s
trying to seduce him. She’s beyond shameless!”
Jonathan stared at the box of gastric medicine ced on the office desk. It was the gastric medicine
Rosalie had bought for him when he suffered from gastric pain. After his gastric pain had subsided,
half a box of the medicine was left untouched.
However, he did not throw the medicine away and kept it on his desk.
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“Carlos, what will happen if Rosalie knows my true identity?” A melodious voice with a hint of subtle
laziness sounded in the CEO’s Office.
Carlos, who was about to leave the CEO’s Office, was startled when he picked up the documents
Jonathan had reviewed. “Well…”
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“Why? Is it difficult to answer this question?” Jonathan raised his eyebrows.
Carlos pondered, “It’s not difficult. It’s just a matter of whether you’re willing to ept the answer or
not, Jonathan.”
“Maybe Ms. Leighton will feel deceived,” Carlos said euphemistically. Perhaps it was not a
possibility but a certainty.