Harriet pursed her lips tightly without saying a word.
Xavier tugged at his collar impatiently. He wanted to get along well with her, but he was always in a bad mood because of her family.
He said softly. "I have something else to do."
With that, he got up and was about to leave.
Harriet stepped forward and hugged him with her face pressed against his back.
"Xavier, do you know how much I love you?"
Xavier froze. Just as he was about to get rid of Harriet's hands, Harriet hugged him even tighter.
"I know I'm not good enough, and so are my family. They're insatiable and had no moral line ... But no matter what, they're all my family. I can't ignore them. They gave birth to me and raised me. I know that you must be unhappy when I say this to you. But Xavier, if I don't care about them, I am not a good daughter."
Harriet suppressed her emotions. She had a sobbing tone but she didn't shed a single tear.
She knew that holding her tears back would soften a man's heart more.
Xavier felt sympathetic because of her words.
"I didn't want you to be unfilial. A woman who is not filial doesn't deserve to be my wife. But I have my bottom line. Others can't step across it."
Xavier still didn't make a compromise. He hated Estella from the bottom of his heart.
"Harriet, if you feel wronged by following me, you can leave at any time. You can ask me for compensation and I'll give you anything I can."
Harriet shuddered involuntarily. Xavier's words, which seemed to be good to her, actually indicated that he wanted to annul the engagement for marriage.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have said such a thing when the divorce was imminent.
Harriet was afraid that he would really break off the marriage.
"When we slept with each other accidentally that night, I thought of you as the only man in my life..."
Harriet let go of Xavier and stepped backward step by step, tears in her eyes.
"I've been with you for four years. Even if you never proposed marriage to me, I'm willing to follow you all the time. I'm satisfied even if I can just stay by your side."
Xavier pursed his lips tightly and looked at Harriet's heartbroken appearance. The expression on his face changed.
This woman had been with him for four years, and he had never loved her with all his heart.
It was not that he didn't want to.
It was just that Harriet couldn't give him the feeling he needed.
Harriet continued, clutched her chest with tears in her eyes. "Once I am in love with you, I can't take it back."
At this point, she choked and continued, "The whole of W City knows that I'm yours. If the wedding doesn't go on as planned, what will others think of me? They will think I'm a leftover that was thrown away after being used..."
"Enough!"
Xavier pulled her into his arms. "I just said a few words, but you have so much to talk about."
"You don't understand me." Harriet hugged Xavier tightly. "My body, my soul, and my whole life only belong to you. I won't be remarried. If you really don't want me one day, I won't marry anyone else. But I will still bless you, even if I am sorrowful."
Xavier rubbed her hair. His expression changed. It was as if he was really struggling in his heart.
In the end, his heart softened.
This was his first woman. She had given him indelible experiences mentally and physically.
Compared with Harriet, Arya was impure and she even left him after she got what she wanted.
'Arya means nothing to me compared with Harriet.'
He must be crazy to want to keep such a wretched woman by his side and even want to marry her.
"Xavier, don't turn your back on me." Harriet buried her face in Xavier's arms.
"When did I say I will give up on you, huh?"
Harriet looked up and kissed Xavier on the lips. "Maybe it's because I love you too much that I tend to be swayed by considerations of gain and loss."
"Idiot!"
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