Urging Him to Get a Divorce (Aveline and Xavier) novel Chapter 144

Chapter 144

The clerk agreed and reached for the carved jade figurines, but Xavier picked one up to look at it.

“A birthday gift for the Patriarch?”

The clerk had no choice but to pull her hand back.

Aveline turned to the side and glared up at Xavier, silently telling him to put it down so the clerk could wrap them.

Xavier’s dark eyes watched her intently, “You just landed the Crestmark project, you can’t have much money. You don’t need to buy something so expensive.

Besides, I’ve already prepared the birthday gift.”

Aveline understood he meant the birthday gift he prepared would be given to Rupert in both their names.

After getting engaged to Xavier, she had of course attended Rupert’s birthday banquet last year. She had prepared a birthday gift in advance, but Lauren had disdained it and forbidden her from presenting it.

Xavier didn’t know what happened. Seeing she couldn’t produce a birthday gift, he knew if he didn’t help her save face, he would lose face too, so he had to say the gift he brought was from both of them.

Afterward, Xavier reprimanded her for not preparing a birthday gift and not telling him.

Aveline didn’t want to point out Lauren’s wrongdoing, so she silently endured his reprimand.

Aveline gave a slight smile and said, “The Patriarch has been very kind to me. This will probably be the last gift I ever give him, so what if it’s expensive? The most important thing is the sentiment.”

Xavier caught the meaning behind her words. His dark eyes fixed on her, growing even deeper.

Aveline coldly took the carved jade figurines from Xavier’s hand and gave them to the stunned waiter. “Wrap it up.”

The waiter stammered, “Uh… uh…” and looked at Xavier, unsure if he should wrap it up.

Aveline laughed. “Why are you looking at him? If he doesn’t agree to sell it to me, you’re just not going to sell it?

Is this how the Beltran Hotel does business?”

The waiter was instantly embarrassed.

Xavier smiled faintly. “Go ahead and wrap it up. To show our Beltran Hotel’s commitment to providing excellent ser- vice, give her the biggest discount and a free gift.”

The waiter quickly agreed and began to wrap it skillfully.

Aveline remained expressionless, watching with a cold indifference.

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After the waiter finished wrapping it, he told Aveline that his authority only allowed for a ten percent discount, but his manager could give fifteen percent. As he spoke, he glanced cautiously at Xavier.

Xavier said, “Make it a forty percent discount. If the manager asks, just say I authorized it.”

The waiter said okay and wrote up the bill for Aveline.

Aveline, still expressionless, took out her bank card and gave it to the waiter.

Xavier liked giving her these advantages, and she would take them. He was rich, and she had no problem with money.

The waiter swiped the card, then brought out a gift–a solid gold necklace–and gave it to Aveline along with the wrapped carved jade figurines.

Aveline put them in her purse, said thank you to the waiter, and turned to leave.

Xavier followed her, saying, “My uncle is staying at the Liutou Mountain Wellness Retreat. Come on, visit him with me.”

Aveline then understood why he was here. It wasn’t because he knew she was here and had come specifically to get

her.

But she ignored him and kept walking toward the elevators.

Xavier took two steps forward to block her path. He looked down at her and said in a low voice, “Don’t be difficult. Everyone else has gone, you can’t be the only one who doesn’t.

The Patriarch is there too. We were just having lunch here, and the Patriarch saw you. I made an excuse for you.”

Aveline looked up at him, her voice cold. “We’re getting a divorce. Your relative’s illness has nothing to do with me.”

Xavier’s gaze hardened, his expression turning cold. “There you go again. We’re not divorced yet.”

As he spoke, he grabbed Aveline’s wrist with one hand and pulled her into a clothing store nearby.

Aveline hadn’t expected him to get physical. Though she was startled, her deep–rooted upbringing as a proper lady made her restrain herself from crying out in public.

She only chided in a low voice, “What are you doing?”

Xavier didn’t let go, pulling Aveline into the clothing store. He ignored the sales associate’s shocked gaze, dragged her into a fitting room, and then shut the door.

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