"No..." Zena stared at the TV in the living room and couldn't stop shivering. Her face was getting paler and paler. She could not say a complete sentence but kept repeating no.
A video was played on the TV. In the video, there were two men, and one of them seemed to be injured. The other man looked a little awkward, and there were injuries on his face. It seemed that he had been beaten. She could recognize that the man was... Andrew.
The other man said that he just listened to his boss and didn't know anything else, but Andrew said that it was her who asked them to hurt Xavier nine years ago.
The video was not long, but Zena couldn't bear to watch it halfway. She staggered, took a few steps back and then fell back on the ground. It seemed that she had lost all her strength. She gasped for air, as if she would suffocate to death in the next second if she didn't breathe rapidly.
Seeing this, Xavier naturally didn't want to see the video anymore. He turned off the TV with the remote control, and then turned around, "They have confessed everything. What else
do you have to say?"
These words were like the pity that the judge gave the prisoner at the last moment. No matter what the prisoner say, it wouldn't affect the result.
Zena's body was trembling, "No..." She shook her head repeatedly, "Xavier..."
She gritted her teeth, "Who... are those people? I don't understand... what they meant... I... really didn't hurt you." She clenched her fists, "I love you so much. How... could I hurt you... You are always calm. Don't... believe others' words so easily..."
Looking down at Zena on the ground, Xavier suddenly felt a little sad. Zena was pathetic, so was he.
No, he should be more pathetic. He had never expected that he would have a wonderful life because of what he had experienced, and he just wanted to live a normal life, but Zena made his unhappy life more miserable. Being loved by such a pathetic woman, wasn't he more pathetic?
He was amused at the same time. At this point, Zena still quibbled and refused to admit it.
It was because of this that she could live so well these years. Her life was colorful, and her career was successful, and she could deal with him and Jimmy with ease.
Ha-ha...
He didn't say anything else and took out something from his trouser pocket. Then he stared at Zena and sneered mockingly.
Zena had been paying attention to him all the time, so she could see clearly that it was something like a recording pen.
Xavier pressed the button lightly, and a voice was heard.
"I can pay you double what James gave you. He wanted to give up, but I don't hope so."
"Do you hate Xavier very much? I didn't expect that you're so heartless, ha-ha..."
"You're not qualified to judge me. Just tell me whether you're willing or not. If you don't want to do it, I can find someone else. But if you want... Here's a check of one million dollars. If you do it, it will be yours."
"Can I ask why you want to do this?"
"I said that it's none of your business. You just need to tell me if you're willing."
"Sure, we'll do it."
Xavier snorted, "I'm just afraid that you'll lose your memory, and I want to convince you."
Just as he finished speaking, another conversation was heard.
"Here's the rest of the money. Take it."
"Only half a million dollars? Do you know that James is looking for us everywhere now? You want to send us away with such little money? Do you think we're beggars?"
"So what do you want?" Zena seemed to be a little annoyed, and she was in a bad mood, "Who told you to rape Xavier? You should be glad that I didn't deduct your money. What else do you want?"
"You turn nasty to us! Didn't you say that we could do whatever we wanted as long as we could deal him a severe blow? Are you blaming us now?"
"Zena, let me tell you. Anyway, it has happened. If you don't give us money, we won't let you live a good life! Do you think we don't know the relationship between you and James? Do you want us to tell James what you've done?"
"Alright, tell me your conditions."
"We can't stay in A City any longer. Now James is searching for us, and we can't go out to work for others. Pay us another million dollars for what we did for you. Now, we need to be safe, and we need money to live. Think about how to get us out of here and don't starve us. Otherwise, if we are caught or get hungry, we'll contact James and you'll suffer."
"Okay! I promise you. As long as you can keep your mouths shut, everything will be fine. Leave the rest to me, and I will find a way to send you out tonight."
After listening to this, Xavier seemed to be a little tired. He sat back on the sofa and sighed softly, "Zena, I have lived in pain and wronged Jimmy for so many years. You know how I got through it. Now I have finally figured out the truth. Tell me... How should I punish you? Huh?"
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