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Chapter 624 – The Aggressive Man
*****“Did you just… speak to me like that?”The room outside fell into a thick, waiting silence. The kind of silence that always came right before a storm.The man’s voice dropped to a slow, deliberate cadence.“Have you forgotten who I am?” he asked, his voice now dangerously level. “Do you want me to shut down this entire restaurant?”Xavier was stunned slightly. ‘What arrogance,’ he thought.But Grace?Her eyes gleamed. She sat straighter, visibly fighting the urge to bolt to the door like a reporter chasing a scandal.It was clear now… her curiosity had consumed her.She wasn’t pretending.She wasn’t acting.She was just being her true self, genuinely dying to know how this would unfold.Xavier nearly chuckled at this. 'And she says I’m dramatic,' he thought, utterly delighted.“Sir,” the female voice responded again, this time with more weight… frustrated but admirably composed. “I know you have the power to do a
Chapter 623 – The Adorable Grace II
*****And yet… with Xavier?She had slipped over and over again.It was like he had cast a spell on her, prying open the layers she had so carefully stitched together, revealing parts of her soul she had long buried beneath layers of calculated indifference.'Has he truly used some kind of black magic on me?' she wondered, panicked.And as if things weren’t bad enough, she looked up… only to find Xavier grinning like a man who had just discovered a hidden treasure chest.That grin. That smug, self-satisfied grin.It screamed, 'Hehehe… I’ve cracked open the legendary Ice Queen.'Worse, there was a knowing glint in his eyes... 'one that practically said, I’ve seen the real you now… and I like what I see.'Grace’s face burned hotter.But she refused to give him the satisfaction.“What are you talking about?” she snapped coldly, her tone suddenly frosty. In the blink of an eye, the flush on her face vanished. The Ice Queen had retur
Chapter 622 – An Adorable Grace
*****“Is this the room where my woman came with another man?!”The voice erupted without warning, low, aggressive, and saturated with murderous intent. The violent energy in it directly tore through the peaceful atmosphere of the private dining room like a blade, ripping apart the love-drenched calm that had wrapped itself around Xavier and Grace just moments ago.Both froze mid-motion as soon as they heard it.Xavier’s hand paused with a fork halfway to his mouth, while Grace, who had just picked up her wine glass, blinked, utterly startled.Their heads whipped toward the door at the same time, their eyes wide.“Did I hear that right?” Grace asked, her voice hushed but laced with an unmistakable spark of intrigue. A gossipy gleam flickered in her eyes, replacing her usual regal composure with the curiosity of someone watching a live soap opera unfold.Xavier turned to her, his brows raised in surprise, but Grace’s gaze was still glued to the door
Chapter 621 – A Sudden Commotion
***** ‘Am I the one offering the job here, or is he interviewing me for it?’ Grace wondered, utterly baffled, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. The way Xavier had accepted her offer so proudly, so confidently… so authoritatively, even giving himself the time to resume, made it feel like she wasn’t the one in control, but instead him. Yet still… “Any day is fine by me,” she finally said, smiling slightly. And with that, it was done. The offer had been made, and the agreement was sealed. With this, a strange calm finally settled between the two. Not silence, exactly. But the kind of pause that feels like a shared exhale. Both of them relaxed. Both wore faint smiles. For Xavier, this wasn’t how he expected his day to go. He had walked into that building as a silent observer. He was now employed… by his wife, no less. But instead of annoyance, he felt… anticipation. He imagin
Chapter 620 – Accepting Grace’s Offer
*****Prison hadn’t destroyed Xavier. If anything, it had done the opposite… it had forged him. That wretched place had torn away his ignorance, burned away his naivety, and propelled him into an entirely different realm of understanding.From insignificance, he had been hurled into unimaginable clarity.From mediocrity, he had ricocheted into greatness.He had entered the prison system as a mere name among millions. He had emerged as a man who could shake nations with a whisper. The world no longer looked down on him; it looked up… in fear or admiration.So, why would he lose his self-esteem? Why would someone like him lack courage?But still… Xavier didn’t scoff. He didn’t dismiss her attempt to reassure him.Because he understood what she was doing.She wasn’t insulting him. She was trying to lift him. She thought she was protecting something fragile inside him, shielding his ego from invisible wounds.She was being thoughtful.Co
Chapter 619 – Xavier’s Inexplicable Feelings
*****Outwardly, however, Xavier merely gave Grace a look… a mix between disbelief and affectionate helplessness.He hesitated, then sighed.“Hope you haven’t forgotten that I’m an ex-convict,” he said, his eyes narrowing slightly. “Wouldn’t that… affect your company’s reputation and public image?”He fixed her with a searching look, silently willing her to reconsider.Grace didn’t even flinch. She didn’t hesitate.“No,” she said firmly, shaking her head with conviction.“Being an ex-convict doesn’t mean you stop being human,” she stated, her voice steady and clear. “And it certainly doesn’t mean you’re evil. It just means… You made a mistake. Or in your case, you were unjustly punished for something you didn’t do.”Her eyes burned with quiet fire as she looked at him. “You were the victim.”Xavier’s mouth parted slightly.He didn’t know what to say. Didn’t know how to say it.Apart from his parents, Grace was the only person wh
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