Free Web NovelChapter 1157: Chapter 1157: That Was When He Met and Fell in Love with Xylia Xandrell
Xylia Xandrell returned and booked her ticket back to Hyattville City.
Eight o’clock tomorrow morning.
Moreover, her things were already mostly packed.
Although Lily Johnson was quite forceful, if Xylia were to be serious, she could speak with considerable authority as well.
Like now, even though Lily didn’t want to leave, she didn’t dare to say anything.
Because of the fifty million, at this moment, she felt guilty and dared not speak of other things.
In the cramped room, Xylia looked at the already tidied place, except for the quilt on the bed that hadn’t been put away.
And the two boxes on the floor; everything else was just like it was when she had just moved in.
Xylia sat on the hardboard bed, her gaze swept over this cold, shabby little room, and her lips formed a bitter curve.
Tomorrow, she would leave here.
And the man she had waited for eight years, was after all just a dream.
Although she could refrain from blaming Bella Green for anything, she couldn’t bring herself to offer blessings.
Couldn’t bring herself to smile and bless her and Mason Bennett.
Xylia lay back straightly, lying on the stiff wooden bed, staring at the ceiling, without a trace of sleepiness.
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Also unable to sleep was Bella Green, who had just finished drinking with Victor Bennett.
On the long bench by the river.
Bella Green, wearing a black coat, held a can of beer, staring at the glittering river, sipping one mouthful after another.
The deep winter night was very cold, the girl’s nose was frozen red, and her fingertips holding the beer were also reddened by the cold.
Beside her on the bench were several empty beer bottles.
Bella Green never knew she could handle so much alcohol.
After drinking with Victor Bennett, she drank a lot more by the riverside.
Yet she didn’t feel a bit drunk; in fact, she felt even more sober.
The clarity made her unable to forget those words in her mind.
When Mason was sixteen, he had been missing for a year.
Upon returning, he was in a car accident and nearly died.
But regarding what happened during that year, Grandma Bennett and the Bennett couple remained silent.
At that time, Victor Bennett was still young and only understood things partially.
He only remembered that the atmosphere at home was quite bad; even Grandma Bennett, who always smiled, hadn’t shown a smile for a long time.
His older brother was in fierce disputes with the family for unknown reasons.
That was the first time he saw the noble and elegant Bellamy Homes in rage.
For twelve-year-old Victor Bennett, that period at the Bennett Family was terrifying.
After that, when Mason Bennett was discharged, everything returned to calm.
As if the previous arguments and confrontations had never happened.
If Bella Green hadn’t asked, perhaps Victor Bennett himself wouldn’t even remember those years.
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Bella Green finished the beer in her hand and then tossed the empty bottle aside.
The girl leaned against the back of the bench, tightened her coat, trying to dispel the chill.
Her gaze was vacant as she looked at the cruise ship flashing with lights on the river.
The night in Brocade City was the most lively, with young men and women on the cruise ship freely showering in sweat and laughter.
Yet by the silent riverside, there was only Bella Green.
Where Mason Bennett was at sixteen, Victor Bennett didn’t know, but she knew.
At that time, Mason Bennett was in Hyattville City.
It was also then that he met and fell in love with Xylia Xandrell.
And as for herself, what did she mean to him?
Bella Green couldn’t figure it out.
Since Mason Bennett loved Xylia Xandrell, why did he marry her?
Bella Green rubbed her slightly aching forehead, unable to figure it out no matter how she tried...
