"Dead?"
The other person on the line replied with certainty, "Yes, he's dead…"
Jacob seemed almost unmoved. He hung up the phone after saying "I see".
Then he stopped his work and went to Xavier's office.
In Xavier's office, Ryan was sitting on the sofa and playing with toys quietly.
Even when Xavier was holding a document in his hand, his eyes were fixed on Ryan. Looking at Ryan's fair and thin cheeks, long eyelashes, and sparkling eyes, he couldn't help but think of Arya…
However, at this moment, a knock on the door interrupted his muse. The loving gentleness on his face was immediately replaced by coldness. The cold words came out of his mouth, "Come in."
Jacob walked in, glanced at Ryan, walked to the desk, and whispered, "Louis died of AIDS."
Xavier waved his hand, signaling Jacob to stop. He didn't want Ryan to hear it.
Louis was destined to end like this.
Xavier asked Jacob to leave the office with him. Xavier walked through the corridor to the window at the end, took out a cigarette, and held it in his mouth. When he tried to light it, he found that he didn't have a lighter on him.
He couldn't help but feel a little agitated.
Jacob took out his lighter and lit the cigarette for Xavier. Xavier puffed and said. "Go ahead."
From that day on, Xavier had Estella and Louis locked up, along with the butler.
Xavier had a good impression of the butler because he protected Arya at the beginning, but when he knew that the butler was involved in the plan against Arya, he hated the butler who was as evil as Estella.
The butler approached Ryan because he wanted to get close to Arya, hoping to gain her sympathy. He wanted her to forgive and help him.
However, Arya was different from before. She would not easily forgive those who had hurt her.
So she didn't forgive the butler even when he knelt down in front of her and repented.
She was not the Virgin Mary.
So the butler's plan didn't work.
Now that Xavier knew that the butler was also involved in what had happened back then, he wouldn't let him go.
Now the only left problem was how to deal with Estella. "We've locked her up for a few days. Now she's almost half-dead…We can't just kill her without any reasons…"
Xavier looked up at Jacob and calmly said, "She killed Louis."
Jacob was stunned. "You mean, let her be the scapegoat?"
Xavier did not answer directly. He looked into the distance with a deep look in his eyes. Estella called white black and let Arya take the punishment for Marshal. Why couldn't he charge Estella with murder?
Besides, Estella tried to kill Ryan.
Not only did he want Estella to go to jail, but also wanted her to be notorious.
Death was the lightest punishment for her. He would not let Estella die. He wanted her to suffer in prison.
"What about the butler?"
Xavier was lost in his thoughts for a moment and said, "Just let him sink or swim on his own."
Now he couldn't even take care of himself. The best punishment was that he lived a miserable life.
Jacob nodded and said, "I'll do it right away."
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