Chapter 852 Strong Resentment
I want a woman I love, not a business partner. I like everything about you, and I will allow you to be a coward because I’ll always have your back.
Shirley’s mind was filled with Skyler’s words a moment ago, and she felt a lump form in her throat. With her eyes shimmering in the light, tears welled up in them.
When Skyler saw her eyes turning red, the smile on his face froze, and he became nervous. “What’s wrong? Are you sick?”
“No.” She shook her head and blinked, catching some teardrops on her lashes. “Do you sweet talk every woman like this?”
Even during her relationship in high school, she had never received such a heartfelt confession.
Skyler was a master at relationships, for everything he said touched her so much that tears welled up in her eyes. For that one moment, she felt that she had found the other half of her life—her prince, who came so late into her life.
When he heard that, his face darkened, and he wrapped his hands around her waist to let her lay down on her side. Then, he lifted his hand and slapped her on her bottom as a punishment. “Do I look that cheap?”
“I don’t know.” She pouted her lips and looked down, showing her long and rich eyelashes. It was as if she didn’t know how to answer his question.
“Don’t imagine things if you don’t know. We agreed on trying to be together for some time, so let’s not think about other things within this period, okay?”
“Okay.” Shirley was still not used to the intimacy between them, so she said while blushing, “S-Skyler, it’s okay for us to try to be together, but can we not let Veronica and President Kings know?”
“Are you still addressing me by my name?”
“What should I address you as then?”
“Just not my name.”
“Hmm…” She considered with a frown. “Ky? Sky?”
“Let’s go with Ky.” Skyler felt this nickname was not bad.
“Let’s go with Sky,” both of them announced in unison.
Thinking about her request, he knitted his brows together in dissatisfaction. “Why do you not want them to know, though?”
“I don’t want to let Veronica and President Kings know about us for now, so it’s just right to address you as ‘Sky’,” she answered.
At this moment, he smiled resignedly. “Okay, anything you say.” He hugged her in his arms and felt like he was on cloud nine.
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On the other hand, Veronica waited for Matthew for a long time after he left One Piece Restaurant, so she returned to Mountainside Gardens alone.
After showering, she lay on the bed to have some rest and looked at the time ticking on the wall clock, but Matthew was still nowhere to be found. In the end, she picked up her phone to dial his number, but his phone was turned off.
Throughout the whole time, she was worried about Matthew. She was scared that he would look for Xavier for trouble.
Before this, Matthew has hidden his identity, so he won’t cause a conflict with Xavier even when he meets him. Now that his identity has been exposed, will he look down on Xavier? Or will he get his revenge on that matter in the castle? She didn’t know what to do with the strong resentment they had for each other.
After another half an hour’s wait, it was already 2.30AM. She couldn’t take it anymore, so she changed her clothes and left Mountainside Gardens quietly.
She came down from the mountainside with her car keys in hand. After starting up her jeep, she drove toward the hotel that Xavier was in. It was midnight, and the streets were quiet and deserted. She speeded all the way and reached the hotel within 20 minutes.
After she went upstairs, she went straight to room 308 on the third floor and knocked on the door. Knock, knock… No one answered the door after a few knocks. So, she lifted her hand and knocked on the door again.
After quite some time, there was still no one answering the door. This is weird. Has Xavier left the hotel already?
Just as she was ready to turn around and leave, the door was opened, and Xavier was standing at the door with messy hair and a bathrobe. When he saw that it was Veronica at the door, his bleary eyes turned clear at once.
“Why are you here?”
