He said, feeling out of sorts tonight?
Yet, where her fingers had just glided over, every muscle in his body tensed up, and even his body temperature rose.
Justin Xavier brought over a blanket and covered her with it, even tucking both her small hands inside, "You’ve ssed up my mood, and you still want to sleep? Sleep what? No sleeping, keep company while I work!"
"..." Leah Thorne inexplicably found him very childish, just monts ago he was the one who said he didn’t want to see her!
Justin Xavier didn’t pay her any more attention, securely wrapping her in the blanket, and continued to look at the docunts.
Leah Thorne had no interest in the docunts; she held her eyelids open at first, but soon beca sleepy.
She wasn’t pretentious at all, finding a comfortable position in the crook of his arm, she buried her little face in his chest and closed her eyes.
While she was drowsily asleep, she felt a little spoon co near her mouth, she opened her mouth, and it was a sweet and well-cooked eight-treasure red bean porridge.
She took a bite and then turned her head, unwilling to eat anymore.
At this mont, a very fierce voice ca from above her head, "Open your mouth, don’t force to use my hands."
He was really fierce.
Leah Thorne obediently turned her little face back and ate half the bowl of porridge he fed her.
She fell asleep.
Justin Xavier used a tissue to wipe her mouth corner, satisfied, and then withdrew his hand, the bowl still half full with the porridge, he ate it himself.
After doing all this, he continued to look at the docunts.
The girl was already sound asleep in his arms, her tender and charming little face flushed pink, adding an extra touch of endearnt, Justin Xavier looked down, gently kissing her lips.
His large hand also reached into the blanket, gave her a couple of pinches...
Because he didn’t control his strength, the girl in her dreams made a couple of "woo woo" sounds.
Justin Xavier imdiately let go of her, his own long eyes already tinged with a scarlet hue.
...
Leah Thorne woke up in the big bed, Justin Xavier was already gone.
She was filming during the day and went to a banquet at the Ford family in the evening.
Simon Ford had been waiting for her on the lawn outside the villa, and he greeted her happily, "Leah, you’re here."
Leah Thorne nodded, "I’m not late, am I?"
"No, no, it’s just being impatient."
At this mont, Simon’s father ca out, "Leah, you’ve grown so much, I almost didn’t recognize you."
Leah Thorne looked at Simon’s father, he was well-preserved, a fifty-year-old man elegantly mature, now looking at her with loving eyes.
"Hello, Uncle Ford." Leah Thorne greeted obediently and politely.
"Simon, go check if dinner is ready." Simon’s father dismissed Simon.
Simon Ford didn’t want to leave, but out of respect for his father’s authority, he reluctantly glanced at Leah Thorne, then went in.
"Leah, when the Thorne family had trouble back then, I didn’t rush back and over the years you’ve been adopted by the Xavier family. With Hugh Xavier’s despicable character and Laura Xavier’s twisted and extre nature, you’ve surely suffered a lot."
Leah Thorne knew that Simon’s father had dismissed his son because he had sothing to say to her, she shook her head, "It’s all in the past now."
Leah Thorne wasn’t so naive girl. Compared to the Xavier family, this Simon’s father before her seed even more unfamiliar, so she wouldn’t open her heart easily.
"Leah, back in those days, our families, the Thorne and Ford families, were close friends. Your father even personally betrothed you to Simon, so when the Thorne family was in trouble, I should have co back, but at that ti I had no choice."
"Your father was on good terms with Hugh Xavier, but I saw right away that Hugh was ambitious like a wolf. I warned your father several tis, but he didn’t take it seriously, not only helping elevate the Xavier family but also distancing from because of it."
"At that ti, The Ford Group had a serious operating oversight, all the financial lines were broken, and at that ti, the Xavier family, with your father’s help, had already beco the new elite of Bayside, Hugh Xavier took this opportunity to strike down, driving out of Bayside."
"I had no choice but to take my family abroad and start again. When I heard about the accident involving your parents and brother, everything in Bayside was already under the Xavier family’s control, and I couldn’t save you."
"Over the years I’ve developed quite successfully overseas, and I never forgot you, Leah, so I brought Simon back to find you."
Simon’s father said these words with deep emotion, continually sighing, as if his heart was in deep pain.
Leah Thorne looked at Simon’s father, "Uncle Ford, you don’t need to feel guilty, maybe this was just the Thorne family’s fate."
"Leah," at this mont Simon’s father lowered his voice deliberately, "have you ever thought about whether this was the Thorne family’s fate or if it was orchestrated by human hands?"
Leah Thorne’s heart skipped a beat, "Uncle Ford, what do you an?"
"Leah, I suspect the car accident involving your parents back then was orchestrated, it was a deliberate murder, I’ve already found clues."
Leah Thorne’s pupils contracted, "Truly?"
"Of course it’s true, Leah. I ca back this ti to avenge your father, now you and I must join forces, let’s send those criminals of the Xavier family to prison and bring them to justice, we must take down the Xavier family!"
This was Simon’s father’s purpose of coming, he wanted Leah Thorne to join hands with him to take down the Xavier family.
Leah Thorne saw the blazing flas of hatred in Simon’s father’s eyes, his hatred for the Xavier family was genuine.
"Uncle Ford, what do you want to do?"
"Leah, now Old Master Xavier, Hugh Xavier, and Laura Xavier aren’t the ones to fear, the truly fearso person is... Justin Xavier."
Justin Xavier...
Leah Thorne lowered her densely fringed lashes.
Simon’s father continued, "The night I returned to the country, I t with Justin Xavier, I didn’t expect soone so extraordinary to appear among the Xavier family’s descendants, Justin Xavier is a person whose mind is terrifyingly deep, resourceful, can manipulate situations, as long as he’s around, the Xavier family will have endless wealth and glory, and we won’t be able to take down the Xavier family."
Leah Thorne nodded in agreent, "Yes."
"So Leah, Justin Xavier is left to you, the hardest armor, the softest heart, you are the only weakness and vulnerability in his life."
Is it so?
Leah Thorne didn’t believe it. She always wanted to know if he truly loved her, later she got the answer, he didn’t love, what he gave her was fondness and doting.
He was always so restrained, calm, rational, and composed, he never lost his decorum.
"Uncle Ford, I fear I can’t complete this task, you overestimate my importance in Justin Xavier’s heart."
Simon’s father smiled and shook his head, "Leah, is it really overestimating, or are you underestimating, why don’t we see as we slowly unveil the layers of fog, let us look into Justin Xavier’s heart."
Leah Thorne said nothing.
"Leah, let’s join hands, what are you still hesitating about, don’t you want revenge?" Simon’s father said eagerly.
Leah Thorne stood in the evening breeze, the hem of her dress fluttering, she lifted her pair of clear and charming eyes to look at Simon’s father, smiling, "Uncle Ford, how did you know the relationship between Justin Xavier and ?"
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