Chapter 471
It was the first time someone hade to see Kristen since her imprisonment more than two weeks
ago, and she immediately thought Thalia had returned when the prison guard told her she had a visitor.
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Six months ago, Thalia had stolen arge sum from Kristen and fled abroad. Kristen had been too
preupied with handling Leonard''s affairs at the time, so naturally, she had no time or energy to pay
attention to her daughter. By the time she discovered what Thalia had done, thetter had already cut
off all means of contact.
After Leonard received a fourteen-year jail sentence, Kristen could not be bothered to care about
Thalia because she was putting all her effort into getting him freed. s, not only did she fail to do so,
but she even wound up in prison herself.
Kristen continued mulling over how to save Leonard throughout her two weeks or so in prison, and
even now that someone hade to see her, her first thought was to ask her visitor to help her son.
She waited eagerly, but her face nched when she saw that her visitor was Alexander. "Aren''t you
supposed to be dead?"
udius stared at her, having no recollection of her at all. If Rose had not forced him toe and
meet Kristen, he would not have wanted to see her at all.
"I''m not dead. Are you disappointed?"
Although he had lost his memory, Samuel''s brief exnation the previous night had been sufficient to
make it clear that he did not have a good rtionship with Kristen. I''m not her biological son. I also
kicked her out of the Xenos residence. No matter how I think about it, she should loathe me.
Kristen had always been under the impression that Alexander had passed away. Didn''t they say he fell
into the river in the middle of the night and that they couldn''t recover his body? How can he be
standing, alive and well, before my very eyes now?
A look of resentment shed in her eyes. "Why didn''t you die?"
"Do you remember Gemma?" he asked, fixing his gaze on her.
It had been thirty years since Kristenst heard that name, and she turned deathly pale at the mention
of it as though she had just seen a ghost.
She turned to him in disbelief. "How do you know about her?"
"Is it something I shouldn''t know?"
udius snorted. "She asked me to pass you a message. Thirty years ago, youmitted a sin. Thirty
yearster, your son will be the one to pay for it." After a pause, he continued, "The main reason for my
coming here today is to tell you that you don''t have to fret over Leonard''s imprisonment anymore. I''m
going to make sure he stays in there for the rest of his life and never gets out."
Kristen''s body went limp. She nearly lost her bnce and fell out of her chair. She only managed to
steady herself and stop herself from toppling over by clutching at the table.
Panic gripped her, and she looked imploringly at him. "Come at me for the wrong I did thirty years ago.
Leonard is innocent. Whatever it is, he was your younger brother for over twenty years. Didn''t the two
of you used to get along pretty well? He always looked up to you. Alexander, he has nothing to do with
this! I''ll bear responsibility for my actions! Don''t drag Leonard into this."
udius merely shot her a nce before getting up to leave.
Kristen tried to reach out and grab onto him, but a prison guard quickly stopped her.
"Alexander! Do you even have a heart? The both of you may not be blood-rted, but he was still your
brother for many years! Take it out on me!"
I regret it now! I shouldn''t have taken Alexander from Gemma for my own all those years ago because
of that small sum of money. I wish I hadn''t done it! If he had gone abroad with her, everything the
Xenos family had would belong to me and my children now, and Leonard wouldn''t be in jail! Oh, how I
rue my decision back then!
s, remorse was pointless at this point.
Meanwhile, Sophia had just finished a meeting when she saw Steve rush toward her with a look of
delight. "Ms. Yarrow! Mr. Lane! Mr. Xenos is back!"
The usually calm andposed Felix suddenly looked stunned when he heard that. He turned to
Sophia subconsciously, who smiled and nodded.
Not expecting it to be true, he was so overwhelmed with joy that he could hardly contain himself. "W-
Where is he?"
"In the office. He says he''s waiting for Ms. Yarrow."
Hearing that, Felix gradually calmed down, then turned to Sophia. "I''m sorry, Ms. Yarrow, but may I go
and see Mr. Xenos?"
Despite being aware of Alexander''s memory loss, he still wanted to see Alexander with his own eyes.
Sophia chuckled at his question. "Mr. Lane, I''m not that inhumane."
A rare trace of embarrassment crossed Felix''s face. "Sorry about that."
"Go on, then."
Felix had been Alexander''s secretary for over ten years. The bond between the two men was no longer
just that of a boss-employee rtionship. He was just as worried as Samuel when something
happened to Alexander. Even after Sophia said she had found Alexander, he remained unconvinced.
Now that Alexander had turned up, it went without saying that he had to see Alexander in person. Only
then would he be able to confirm that Alexander was alive and well.
After Sophia nodded, he hastened toward the elevator.
She followed closely behind him. Although he was overwhelmed with emotions, he still remembered to
wait for her to get into the elevator before closing the doors.
When the elevator came to a stop, he let her walk out first before hurrying past her to the office. Since
she had told him that Alexander had lost his memory, he did not go into the office and merely looked at
Alexander through the doorway.
Seeing Alexander standing there and looking perfectly fine after all that time, Felix finally breathed a
sigh of relief.
Walking up to the office door, Sophia looked at him and chuckled. "Aren''t you going to say hi to your
ex-boss?"
Felix shot her a rare smile. "That''s all right, Ms. Yarrow. Mr. Xenos doesn''t remember me, so there''s no
need to give him any added burden."
What a considerate and understanding secretary he is. Smiling, Sophia raised her head and entered
the office. "Is something the matter?"
"Can''t I look for you even if everything is fine?" Setting down the photo frame he had been holding,
udius turned toward her. "Why didn''t you put your photo?"
Sophia''s eyes flicked toward the photo frame. Arching a brow, she replied, "Because Katherine has a
photo of me at her ce."
udius pondered for a moment. "Is she the woman who was with you in Lightspring?"
"Mm-hmm. I''ve known her and her husband for over two decades already."
"I see," udius murmured, then nced at Felix standing at the door. "I think your secretary is looking
for you."
"He used to be your secretary," Sophia said, casting a nce at Felix.
Upon hearing that, Felix stepped forward while looking somewhat embarrassed. "Mr. Xenos."
"I''m sorry, but I''ve lost my memory." Even as udius gazed at the man before him, he could not
remember who he was.
Felix shook his head. "That''s all right. I shan''t bother the two of you anymore."
With that, he excused himself.
"Shall we have lunch together?"
"Sure," Sophia replied after checking the time. She tidied her things away, then took her bag and
walked out of the office.
udius'' sudden appearance at the office caused everyone in thepany to think that Alexander
had returned.
Ever since that day when he and Sophia had a meal together at Mirage, practically everyone in
Jadeborough knew that Alexander was still alive and in good health and that he had returned.
His return sparked the curiosity of many in the city. They could not help wondering what had happened
to him in those six months.
Some even imed that the man photographed shopping with Sophia in a foreign country was actually
Alexander, saying that nothing untoward had happened to him and that his reason for going abroad
was for market expansion.
Of course, all that was pure spection.
What happened that night and why he had disappeared for over half a year was still a mystery.
udius'' return to the country also threw Percy, who had been hatching a big plot against Odyssey, for
a loop.