Chapter 461 It's not that Grace can't leave him, it's that he can't live without Grace.
"She might be crazy," Xavier said.
Even someone as mad as Xavier wouldn't do something so insane.
If he had any living relatives who treated him well, he would cherish them. How could he possibly murder them?
Moreover, Joseph was Stephanie's only relative.
Xavier and Grace had never experienced familial love since childhood. If they had someone like that, they would definitely cherish them.
"Is it because of you?" Grace guessed immediately.
Xavier was silent for a moment. "Yes."
"How foolish," Grace thought it was foolish.
She used to envy Stephanie. Even though her parents were gone, she still had a grandfather like Joseph who loved her. But for Xavier, she ended up killing her grandfather. Stephanie would surely regret it someday.
"When Joseph was suddenly poisoned before, she poisoned him to force me to return. You saw it that time too. Joseph was quite pitiful, having spent his whole life for Stephanie, only to meet such an end."
"When I first left the Montgomery Mansion, I was only fourteen. It was really hard to establish myself in Oakworth. Joseph helped me a lot, and I always felt grateful to him. Whenever the Park family had any issues, I would help if I could."
"Later, during the shooting, Joseph took a bullet for me. You could say he died because of me. On his deathbed, he entrusted Stephanie to me. I couldn't refuse his last wish. My mind was really chaotic at the time, and I didn't know how to face you."
"I investigated everything at the scene and found the person who arranged the hitman. I didn't have time to investigate thoroughly, but I thought it had nothing to do with Stephanie. Later, I found out that Stephanie arranged all the shootings."
Xavier spoke slowly, his voice hoarse.
Grace listened quietly. She had only heard Xavier mention these things briefly before. Now, listening to him, she felt a tug at her heart.
If this was true, then Xavier was quite innocent.
Because of Stephanie's twisted love, he had to sacrifice his whole life.
Being excellent and dazzling was never a person's fault. The fault lay with those who were psychologically twisted.
Grace reached out and hugged Xavier, wanting to get closer to him.
"Those days, I didn't know how I got through them. I know I wronged you, but I could only push you away at that time. What I said before was all lies. Can you not take it to heart?"
Grace said, "I'll have to think about it."
"Later, I secretly returned to Skigeth. You were drunk at the time."
Grace remembered, "So it wasn't Sterling who took me back that day, it was you!"
She had thought she saw a familiar figure in her half-awake state, and it turned out to be Xavier.
"Yes," Xavier nodded.
At that time, knowing Grace was with Sterling, Xavier was afraid Sterling would do something to Grace, so he rushed over overnight.
Fortunately, he did come back. Otherwise, he wouldn't have realized how deep his feelings for Grace had become.
Xavier felt he might understand Stephanie's kind of love. Perhaps he felt the same way about Grace.
If someone tried to take Grace from him, he might go crazy too and forcibly make Grace his own.
But fortunately, he met Grace first.
Before Grace met anyone else, Xavier had already brought her into his world.
Maybe this was the only window God opened for him after closing so many doors.
If it were before, Xavier would have been very confident, thinking no man in the world could compare to him. But now, Xavier felt he wouldn't catch the eye of anyone from the Coleman family. They were all so outstanding.
"Did you secretly follow me before?"
"Yes," Xavier admitted.
At that time, he just wanted to see Grace a few more times. He couldn't let go so easily.
"After we separated, I realized it was me who couldn't let go. I couldn't live without you."
He might be a ray of light in Grace's world. Grace could have her own life. Her world had many lights, and she could start a new life anytime she wanted.
Xavier always knew Grace would never cling desperately. Once she let go, she would be very decisive. If he hadn't come to find Grace, she might never have looked for him in her lifetime.
But Grace was the only light in his world. Once that light disappeared, his world would return to darkness.
Xavier was a very guarded person. It wasn't easy to enter his world.
He wasn't someone who easily fell for someone, but Grace's purity and beauty always attracted him.
He even felt like he had known Grace for many years.
Grace reached out and held Xavier's hand. "If what you say is true, then I hope we can be together forever."
"Xavier, I hate being deceived the most. If you lie to me again, I will never forgive you."
"I'm not lying to you." How could he bear to lie to Grace?
"What's Stephanie's situation now?"
"She's at the Park Mansion. I have people watching her. I heard she's emotionally unstable and screams crazily every day."
That house was where Joseph raised Stephanie. Although it was much better than the basement, it was full of Stephanie's memories. When Stephanie hugged Joseph's tombstone before, she already knew she was wrong. In that house, Stephanie was all alone, which was the biggest torment for her.
The people watching Stephanie said she cried and made a fuss every day, claiming the villa was haunted. She didn't dare to enter Joseph's room, but Xavier's people would always throw her in, forcing her to face her wrongdoings.
Grace didn't feel sorry for her. If anything, she believed that pitiful people must have something detestable about them.
Feelings can't be forced. Only mutual affection can keep people together for a long time.
Stephanie originally had a great start but ruined it all.
"Xavier, I'm tired," Grace's voice grew smaller.
She closed her eyes, her eyelids indeed feeling heavy.
Xavier was a great sleeping aid. She couldn't sleep all night before, but in Xavier's arms, she could easily fall asleep.
She seemed to understand why Xavier treated her as a sleeping pill.
"Sleep," Xavier patted Grace's back with his other hand, but he didn't close his eyes.
The room was quite dark, with only a faint light coming in from outside. He just watched Grace like that.
If Grace opened her eyes at this moment, she would see that Xavier's eyes were full of her.
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