Chapter 43: Home

The day was long and eventful. Eventually, the couple decided to go back to their villa where they're supposed to celebrate their honeymoon. Margarette slept all through their way back to the villa, which allows Xavier to think about some things, especially about the unwanted feelings in his chest.

He doesn't know when he felt this way. There was no exact time, place, or event when Xavier started to care for her sake. It just happens...

And he wants to get rid of it.

After arriving at the villa, he carried his wife back to their bedroom and put her down gently on the bed. He then sat on the side of the bed and stared at her face. One reason why he brought her outside to his favourite casino was to expose her to his world and highlight her to his enemies. That was the plan. He didn't mean to cause a scene or such, but the way he got angry when someone disrespects her in that place, he just wanted to burn down the whole establishment into ashes.

It still confuses him.

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