When he heard the sound of the door opening, Xavier looked up and saw Harriet coming in with something in her hand. He could not help but frown.
"Xavier." Harriet placed the fruit plate on the desk and called him affectionately.
"You can go now." Xavier's voice was cold, without a trace of warmth.
Harriet didn't do as he said. She looked at him with her eyes wide open. "Xavier, we had a good time. Can you be so heartless to me?"
Xavier sneered, "When did I ever have a good time with you? You should thank God that I don't settle the score with you."
Harriet's face darkened. She didn't expect Xavier to be so cruel regardless of their past relationship. No matter what, she had been with him for three years, right?
"What did you regard me as for the past three years?" Harriet couldn't accept Xavier being so indifferent to her.
Xavier looked at her, so expressionless that he only spat out one word with extreme indifference, "Substitute."
He had always wanted to find the feeling of the first contact from Harriet, but Harriet was never able to give it to him.
Harriet sneered and didn't give up. "Even now I was not good enough for you?"
Now her family background, identity, and status could match his, yet it was still not enough?
"No." Without hesitation, he said determinedly.
Harriet stared at Xavier, "Okay, remember what you said."
Xavier's refusal hurt her self-esteem. She hated Xavier's ruthlessness and what Arya had.
Daisy went to the room to see if Ryan had woken up. When she came out, she saw Harriet running out of Xavier's study. Her face darkened slightly. It was indeed awkward to be alone with Xavier, given her relationship with Xavier, especially now when Arya was here. What if something happened? She was still pregnant.
Daisy stopped her, "What are you doing in the study?"
Harriet was already upset about Xavier's refusal. Now as she was stopped by Daisy, she was even more upset and sneered. "What can I do? Xavier and I used to be lovers. Of course, we talked about the past."
Daisy didn't like her anyway, so she simply stopped trying to please her. Anyway, with Henry to protect her, she could live a good life in the Jones Family.
"You..."
Daisy was so angry that she couldn't speak. 'How could she be so b*tchy?'
Harriet left Daisy and walked to her room.
Arya tidied up the kitchen and was about to go to her room when she saw Daisy standing in the corridor and asked, "Mom, what are you standing there for?"
Daisy restrained her anger and held her hand, "You don't need to do the chores at home. Spend more time with Xavier. He can't move easily now. He can't be alone."
Daisy said it implicitly. She couldn't be straightforward about this. She was afraid that Arya would think too much. After all, Harriet and Xavier were lovers before.
Arya nodded half-confused, "I'll stay with him more."
Daisy was a little more relieved, "Go and rest. I'll take Ryan upstairs to sleep. I'll take care of him tonight."
Arya nodded and said, "Then I'll go back to my room."
"Go ahead."
Arya did feel tired here, not physically, but mentally. Now with Harriet around, it made her tense all the time.
She went back to her room and didn't want to take a shower, so she lay on the bed and vaguely heard the door of the room being pushed open. She thought it was Xavier, so she didn't open her eyes. "Are you done?"
"How long do you want us to be done?"
Hearing that it was not Xavier's voice, Arya suddenly opened her eyes. When she saw the person standing by the bed, her face darkened and she said sternly, "Who let you in?"
Harriet lifted her collar, deliberately revealing the hickey on her neck, and said to herself, "I've been with Xavier for almost four years. I thought I was the only one who still had feelings for him, but I didn't expect him to have feelings for me, too. I just went to give him the fruit plate, so but he held me..."
Although she didn't finish what she said later, the meaning was self-evident.
"Really?" Arya glanced at the red mark on her neck.
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