The True Heiress's Return

Chapter 257- 3.86

Jayden had been away all the time, so Xanthe hadn't met him while pretending to be close friends with Yvette.

So, when she saw Jayden walking directly toward them, she frowned and said, "Shakira, this guy really looks like the Nelsons. doesn't he? Like a mix of Finn and Mitchell"

Shakira raised an eyebrow. Those words really sounded like insults. She said, "You're not wrong. He is one of them"

Xanthe widened her eyes in disbelief. "What?"

"Shakira." Jayden's stare was intense, and he spoke with the usual commanding tone of the Nelson family, filled with contempt, "You, come with me."

Xanthe was stunned. Then she quickly stepped in front of Shakira to protect her. "Don't think you can just do whatever you want because you're handsome. Why should Shakira listen to you?"

Jayden didn't even look at Xanthe. He stared straight at Shakira with anger surging in his eyes. "So, you think you can just do whatever you want and then walk away?"

Shakira smiled and realized something. "I see. Your friend must have been taken to the police station." Her tone was casual. Otherwise. Jayden wouldn't be here alone.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Jayden's pupils suddenly contracted. Her words showed that she already knew about his connection with Aaron.

He remembered when Aaron was taken away, Yvette sobbed and said that this might be Shakira's intentional revenge on them. Now it seemed that she was right. The anger in his eyes grew even more intense. He said. "Shakira, you've planned all this to destroy Aaron!"

"Huh." Shakira let out a cold snort. "He did something silly and ruined his own future. Who can he blame for that?"

Jayden argued, "He didn't really make you suffer any loss. It was just a prank, but because you reported him, he lost the job he loved most and is now being taken by the police for questioning."

Shakira sneered. "Just because there wasn't any damage doesn't mean there was no harm. To stick up for Yvette and Berry, he randomly hired someone to steal my stuff and my friends things. Is that how he protects people?

"Is that the rule that is embedded in his mind from tough daily training? Are you confronting me because even you, the fair captain, also think he did nothing wrong?"

Her cold and mocking words hit Jayden like a blow to the head, making him shiver. His anger was completely stifled by Shakira's sharp reply, leaving him speechless.

He was partial toward Aaron, but every word Shakira said was undeniable. Aaron made a mistake himself, and it was one of the most basic ones.

He even found it embarrassing to come to Shakira and ask her to go to the police station to say it was just a joke and to bail Aaron out.

Jayden clenched his fists, and his stern face was full of mixed emotions. Shakira didn't even glance at him and directly passed by.

Xanthe was stunned for a while before suddenly realizing what was happening. She walked up to Jayden angrily and scolded, "Humph! I was wondering how Berry found a guy to deal with us. Turns out it was Yvette's doing all along." She didn't hold back, and her angry voice echoed in the hotel lobby, "Do you Nelsons have no shame at all? Always going after Shakira. What did she do, destroy your ancestors' graves or something?

3.86%

"You never learn from your unistakes, huh? Can't do anything properly, so you use schemes instead? You're even one of the five major families. Look at all the dirty things you've done. So disgusting! "And Yvette! That pretentious bitch always pretends to be kind and generous, but she keeps implying she's being bullied and looking for someone to back her up.

"Only fools like you would fall for her fake act. Just continue protecting her. One day you'll regret being fooled by that bitch!"

After pouring out all the complaints without a break, Xanthe felt slightly relieved from the frustration of not being able to buy the jewelry she wanted.

She raised her head high arrogantly and quickly followed in the direction Shakira had left. Then her fierce voice turned sweet at once. "Shakira, wait for me!"

Jayden watched them leave. After a long while, he finally walked out of the hotel with his stiff body.

Thinking about Aaron getting punished, Xanthe kept chattering excitedly from the moment they entered the elevator. All that frustration was now sweetly satisfying.

She said, "Shakira, that's the way to do it! These corrupt bullies who use their power for personal gain shouldn't stay in the military. Who knows what bigger trouble they'll cause in the future!"

Shakira's eyes were deep and she kept silent. In her previous life after being forced to bow and apologize at Aaron's funeral. she looked into the reasons behind it..

Aaron failed his mission because he was arrogant and underestimated himself. He neither reported to his superiors nor listened to his subordinates, choosing to act independently. In the end, he harmed not only himself but also his team.

A self-righteous, incompetent rule-breaker definitely shouldn't stay in the military indeed. He might have been lucky this time, but what about next time or the time after that?

Back in the room, Xanthe noticed after a while that Shakira was packing her large backpack. She took a closer look curiously. "Shakira, what's inside? It's all puffed up." Shakira smiled and said, "Once midnight passes, it's Walter's birthday."

Xanthe said, "Wow, is that a birthday gift for Mr. Lopez? It's so large!" Xanthe rubbed her chin and said with a playful smile, "Does this mean I'm going to be alone tonight?" Shakira glared at her and said, "I'll be back after I give him the gift."

"Oh, come on. It's your first time celebrating a birthday with Mr. Lopez. Spend more time together. Don't worry about me. I'm really fine!" Xanthe reassured her repeatedly. She even vowed to emphasize how much she didn't mind Shakiga staying with Walter longer.

Shakira quietly muttered, "I wasn't planning on staying with you anyway. He's sharing a suite with Benji and the others. It's not convenient for me to be there."

Xanthe was speechless. She was overthinking.

After wrapping up the noisy annual party, Walter returned to his room, exhausted. Even though Benji and the others wanted him to join in the afterparty, Walter turned them down.

He didn't like these events, but as the head of the Lopez family and the leader of the Lopez Group, attending the annual gathering was unavoidable.

After a quick wash, he checked his phone for messages, sent a text to Shakira, and then lay down on the bed.

23

12.08 Tue, Nov 12 WWB

860

Suddenly, an image of a message he had just canceled flashed through his mind, and he quickly sat up.

He clicked at the most hidden corner of his phone to open a long-unused app anxiously. There, a gray profile picture he had marked as "special attention" showed a small line of text below: Offline for two hours].