My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 223

Initially, I was in rather high spirits, but my mood hit rock bottom when I read the text from Shawn's mother. I worried that he might realize that I was staring, so I didn't look at it for too long. Furthermore, the lighting on the screen was about to dim. Initially, I was in rather high spirits, but my mood hit rock bottom when I read the text from Shawn's mother. I worried that he might realize that I was staring, so I didn't look at it for too long. Furthermore, the lighting on the screen was about to dim.

The man in my arms was silent the entire time, and after a while, he got up and left me in the study. I tagged along behind him, and he turned around and looked at me with his deep-set eyes.

I halted in my tracks and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Only a cat will follow its owner from behind," he said lightly.

I instinctively corrected him, "Cats are very proud. I think you mean a dog."

When I realized what I had said, I covered my mouth in shock, and he stared at me with a faint smirk.

I peered at him sadly with puppy eyes. "You're picking on me."

He ignored me, spun around, and continued to walk down the hallway while I stared at his back quietly.

When he was about to go downstairs, he suddenly twirled around and called out to me gently, "Isn't the puppy going to follow her owner?"

Oh, my goodness! This was the ultimate pick-up line!

And it directly hit the teenage girl living in my heart!

I broke into a bright smile as I trotted over, hugged him around his waist, and called him sweetly, "Sunny." He also wrapped his muscular arms around my waist in turn as he hummed in reply. Finally, I couldn't help but blurt out, "I like you."

His lips pursed into a smile as he gazed at me with mirthful eyes.

I snuggled into his embrace and rubbed against his chin lightly as I asked, "Do you like me?"

"Mm-hmm," he answered composedly.

"What does that mean?" I asked impatiently. "Does that mean you like me or not?"

When he was faced with my endless questioning, he said helplessly, "Don't start a scene."

As a man of steel, it was difficult for him to bring himself to say that he liked me, but I loved seeing how awkward he was acting. Therefore, I was relentless as I asked flirtatiously, "Do you like me, then?"

Alas, Shawn being Shawn, he answered with silence as he led me down the staircase with an arm around my waist. Meanwhile, I was still a little disappointed that I didn't receive the answer I wanted, but I wasn't too aggressive because I knew his demeanor.

After we reached downstairs, he released me and paced into the kitchen. Then, he took out the seafood from the fridge and started prep work.

I stared at him with a slightly hungered gaze as I stood at the kitchen entrance. My heart was filled with happiness as I watched him puttering about the kitchen. If only my kids were still around, that would be perfect, but sadly…

Although I was genuinely happy, I missed them all the same.

I truly missed them a lot. I would often dream about them at night and recall the challenging period when I was pregnant.

For almost half the year, I stayed in the hospital. During the day, I had Tamara with me, and sometimes I would talk about relationships with Francesca. For the rest of the time, I was mostly alone with my thoughts as company.

At that time, Shawn wasn't by my side, and without his company, I did harbor some resentment in my heart, but it was my own choice.

Back then, I wanted to keep my babies no matter what, but I ended up with nothing despite doing everything I could.

When he noticed that I was spacing out at the doorway, he set aside the seafood in his hands and asked with concern in his tone, "What's on your mind?"

I'd brought up the kids a few times in front of him before, but he didn't seem to care. He didn't want to discuss any topic regarding children either.

Therefore, I shook my head as I replied, "Nothing."

Suddenly, he instructed, "Give Kevin a call and tell him that something happened in Europe that he needs to handle."

He's asking me to call Kevin out of the blue… but I haven't mended my relationship with him yet, I thought.

I said meekly, "I can't. I don't dare to call him because I'm afraid he's still mad at me, but I'd be angry if I were him. So…"

Although I could empathize with Kevin, I couldn't help but feel upset.

"Be good and do it," Shawn insisted.

I was in great distress when I retrieved my cell phone upstairs. Alas, the instant I laid my eyes on Kevin's number, I could feel my bravery wavering.

I was afraid of Kevin because he held a deep grudge toward me amongst the Xenoses and constantly mocked me at every turn.

I mustered every single bit of courage as I dialed the number, but when it kept displaying 'Number Busy' on the other end. Finally, it occurred to me that he had previously blocked my number.

I went downstairs and told Shawn about my discovery, who, to my immense disgruntlement, didn't let up on me calling Kevin. Instead, he whisked out his phone from his pocket and passed it to me, saying,

"The password is your birthday."

The password for unlocking his phone was actually my birthday!

I smiled in surprise as I asked, "When did you change it?"

"Go and get things done," he instructed, side-eyeing me as he went about cooking in the kitchen.

"Do I really have to call him?" I whined.

"Yes, it's urgent."

No matter how urgent it was, stalling a few minutes wouldn't have made a difference!

I lowered my eyes at his long, slender fingers and suddenly realized that he wanted me to call Kevin!

That was because he knew about the misunderstanding between us. It wasn't a misunderstanding because this incident itself was my fault, and Kevin had been bearing a grudge against me all this while. So, Shawn was trying to force us to make up!

Thus, when I understood his intention, I immediately took his phone from him, went out of the villa, keyed in the password, and found Kevin's number.

Diego had said that I didn't have to compromise if Kevin refused to forgive me, but Kevin was Shawn's brother, and Shawn was my lover. So, I didn't want him to choose between us. Moreover, he paved the way for me now.

After a short moment of hesitation, I called Kevin's number. But maybe it was because the caller was Shawn's number, he picked up the call incredibly quickly and even greeted, "Hey, Sunny."

"Hi, Kev," I greeted quietly.

"Why is it you?" he gasped in surprise.

"It's Sunny who wants me to call you," I explained gently. "He said there are some issues in Europe that you need to deal with later."

"Okay," he muttered, and a long stretch of silence followed afterward over the phone, but I felt too guilty to say anything.

Perhaps Kevin thought it was meaningless to continue like this, so he asked, "Sunny always tells me personally if there's anything, but he told you to pass me the message instead… You should know what he means, don't you?"

Kevin has always thought that I had set up Shawn, and after some consideration, I explained, "Kev, I don't really know your opinion of me, but I can assure you that my heart is true toward Sunny. You think I had set him up back then, but I was at a loss myself then! Maybe you don't believe this, but I'm the real bloodline of the Xenos Family, and the one who sent me back to the Xenos Family, the one who manipulated the entire situation was my biological father, James!"

"Are you James Xenos' daughter?" he asked, shocked.

"Yes, I wanted to tell you about this at that time. However, you wouldn't believe anything I have to say, not to mention that you never gave me a chance to explain myself! Kev, I never wanted anything from

Shawn, let alone the guts to ask for anything from him, but just because I don't want anything, it doesn't mean that I could refuse. Also, you should know Shawn. He would drop anything that didn't belong to him faster than anyone else. At that time, I… I'm sorry, Kev." All content is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

I clarified everything in agitation and didn't know what else to say at the end. On the other end, Kevin was quiet until he asked me a question out of the blue, "Do you know who Sunny's biological father is, then?"

Was he asking this because he knew?!