Lahat ng Kabanata ng Abigail's Absent Husband Is A CEO: Kabanata 481 - Kabanata 490

Within roughly 15 minutes, the car arrived at Stardust Bazaar. Vehicles were not permitted entry into the bustling marketplace, so they parked nearly a mile away and made the rest of the journey on foot. Having learned from earlier, Xander carefully parked the car before assisting Abigail out, and the two then proceeded to walk toward the bazaar.Handsome man, beautiful woman, both exuding an air of charisma. They were a sight to behold wherever they went. Passersby could not help but stare, many assuming they were a couple. Muted whispers followed them. "What a lovely couple! With genes that good, they ought to have several kids."After numerous instances of being mistaken for a couple, and seeing Xander not displaying any signs of discomfort, Abigail stopped attempting to correct the assumptions. Instead, she subconsciously tried to maintain a distance from him. She kept a few steps behind, careful not to walk alongside him, hoping that would dispel any misunderstandings. But whene

In an instant, the man's sense of inferiority evaporated, replaced with a blind self-confidence. "You see?" he said to his wife, gesturing broadly at the world around him. "I'm not the only useless man out there—the only one who can only afford to take his wife to a place like this. Look at him." He nodded toward Xander without naming him. "Appears to be quite the gentleman, his wife so striking, and yet they're eating in the same place we are."Abigail and Xander paid them no mind. Abigail was too engrossed in the aromatic classic escargot and escargot bourguignon, her mouth too full to retort. Xander, on the other hand, had no interest in giving such individuals any more of his attention than they deserved.The man cast another glance at Abigail before he sneered at his wife, "Next time you start comparing, do me a favor and take a good, hard look at yourself. Look at your waist, your legs, and then look at hers. Do you think you deserve to dine at expensive places?"The woman loo

Xander drove in silent irritation while Abigail remained blissfully unaware, engrossed in a chat with Felix and Melody.Abigail: [I never anticipated running into my boss and being roped into work at the last minute. Otherwise, I was planning to head back to Florivera tonight and spend tomorrow with Grandma at Southcrest Residence.] Between her trip abroad before Easter and the following two weeks of non-stop work, Abigail had not seen her grandmother for almost three months. After a spell of much-needed rest, she was supposed to be staying at Southcrest Residence for a few days. But her plans were derailed when concerns about Stella's mental state prompted a last-minute decision to fly to Berrybrook.[What?!] Abigail's voice spiked. [Melody, you're dating someone? Since when? And why am I only hearing about it now? What does this guy do? How did he manage to steal my sweet little girl who I've taken care of for over twenty years?]Melody huffed: [Now you know how we felt when we fo

After Abigail retorted to her, Dr. Sander was a lot more clear-headed. "Abigail, I didn't mean to blame you. I was just worried that if Xander continues to torture himself like this, his stomach problem might worsen. Please try your best to convince him in the future."Dr. Sander talked nicely and properly. So, Abigail was willing to listen to her. Moreover, she blamed herself a little too. She felt that Xander indeed ate so much food that he usually would not eat because she did not properly convince him not to. She responded, "I'll pay attention to that from now on."Dr. Sander replied, "Thank you!"After they both kept quiet for a while, Abigail spoke again, "Actually, I have an idea to make Mr. Zane obediently not eat carelessly."Dr. Sander asked, "How?"Abigail answered, "Ask Mrs. Zane to convince him. He cares so much about her. He'll surely listen to what she says."Dr. Sander thought, 'You're Mrs. Zane!'She then responded, "You should knock some sense into him then."

"I'm an emotionless machine?" Xander smiled. He then stretched his hand to take the cigarette Ron offered him. He lit it up and smoked two puffs.He had not smoked for such a long time. He was a little not used to the smoke irritating his throat when he smoked now. He said, "Are you the only one who sees me this way, or the few of you see me this way too?""It's not just us who see you this way. Everyone in the world who knows the name Xander Zane sees you this way." Ron raised his head to look at the sky.There were many tall buildings in this city. He could not see the starry sky. He could only see the light from the streetlamps above him. "Xander, you were sixteen years old that year. Or how old were you? Anyway, you were under eighteen.""Age has nothing to do with whether a person is ruthless or not." Xander knew what Ron wanted to say. It had been many years since that incident. And no one dared to mention it in front of him all these years. They only dared to discuss it behi