The Love I Begged For Was Never Real novel Chapter 56

"How much money can you make? Will your salary cover the millions of dollars the Xavier family owes?"

Mrs. Xavier snatched the phone back, her voice raising a few pitches, tinged with a sob. "Nora, even if you don't think about yourself, think about your dad. He has high blood pressure, and he hasn't slept a wink in half a month trying to keep the company afloat..."

Listening to her mother's words, Nora felt an icy chill wash over her body.

"Mom, I'm so tired."

Nora spoke up, her voice a little hoarse. "I didn't even have basic human dignity in the Hayes family."

Mrs. Xavier immediately cut her off. "As long as you sit firmly in the position of Mrs. Hayes, people will naturally give you dignity. Hurry up and go back to apologize to Gideon. As long as you lower your head, he won't really leave you out in the cold."

Nora closed her eyes.

"I moved out half a month ago."

The moment she said that, the other end of the line went dead silent.

A bitter smile pulled at the corners of Nora's lips. She had run away from home for a whole month, and her parents knew absolutely nothing about it. If they hadn't heard the gossip at a gala today, they never would have made this call.

They didn't care where she had been living for the past month, nor did they care how she was surviving on her own.

All they cared about was whether her divorce would impact the Xavier family's business and sever their financial lifeline from The Hayes Group.

In her parents' eyes, she was nothing but a tool to maintain the relationship between the Xavier and Hayes families. As long as Gideon was willing to give the Xavier family projects, she had to grit her teeth and endure whatever suffering and humiliation came her way.

"I'm not going back. I'm getting this divorce."

After saying that, Nora simply hung up the phone.

The phone screen lit up again, accompanied by the chime of a new message notification.

Nora looked down. A new text had arrived.

The sender was Nathan.

The biological brother who used to follow her around, the one she had protected and spoiled growing up.

The phone vibrated in her palm again.

A crisp notification sound rang out.

Nora thought Nathan had sent another follow-up text because she hadn't replied, or her parents were trying a new way to bombard her. She was just about to block Nathan's and her parents' numbers entirely.

The screen shifted.

A red notification bubble suddenly popped up on her contacts icon.

Someone had sent her a friend request.

The applicant's avatar was a grayscale landscape photo.

In the verification message bar, two simple words sat quietly.

[Julian Pierce.]