Urging Him to Get a Divorce (Aveline and Xavier) novel Chapter 417

Chapter 417

Mason was instantly happy and said, “Besides drinking milk, I also swim, play basketball, and jump rope

Navier thought, Isn’t this kid usually scared of me? Why’s he so chatty today?

“Oh, really? That’s great. Keep it up.”

Marcus smiled. “Your uncle is the tallest in our family. You should try to get as tall as him.”

Mason shouted, “Okay!”

Valentina quickly chimed in, “Uncle, I want to be as tall as you when I grow up, too.”

Xavier said, “… You don’t need to be as tall as me. Being as tall as your aunt would be just fine.”

Just then, Lauren, Aunt, Leona, and Brielle walked in from the backyard, happening to overhear that last part.

Leona scoffed. “Valentina, don’t listen to your uncle. If you’re as tall as your aunt, you’ll be short.”

“Being as tall as Josie is perfect. That’s a standard height, five–foot–six.”

Brielle laughed. “Leona, Aveline is five–foot–five, that’s not short. It’s only a difference of about an inch.”

“Hah. An inch is an inch. It means she doesn’t meet the standard.”

Xavier said coolly, “And who set that standard? You?”

Leona couldn’t believe Xavier would disrespect her, his older sister, in front of so many people. Embarrassed and furious, she glared at him.

Lauren knew that ever since Leona brought Bryan to see the Patriarch, Xavier had held a grudge against his older sister. If the two of them really started fighting, it would be a total mess.

So she quickly tried to smooth things over. “Haha, that must be Leona’s standard. Of the three kids I had, she’s the shortest. She used to complain that I didn’t push her to drink milk and exercise when she was little.”

To Leona, it sounded like her mom was not only siding with Xavier but also making fun of her,

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which made her even more upset

“Mom, you

Aunt quickly put an arm around Leona’s shoulder. “It’s okay, Leona. I’m the shortest one in our family, and your mom isn’t as tall as you either, hahaha.

Since her aunt was laughing it off, Leona couldn’t very well throw a tantrum

Just then, the Patriarch said, “Everyone’s here. Let’s eat.”

After dinner, the family went to the living room to eat fruit, chat, and watch TV

Xavier took out his phone, walked out to the back porch, and sent a message to Aveline.

【Have you eaten?】

Aveline was out for a walk with Jasmine and Julian at that moment. She saw the message but didn’t reply

Xavier gave a self–deprecating smile. Just then, he heard a noise behind him and turned to see

Jason.

Jason smiled. “Came out for a smoke.”

As he spoke, he offered Xavier a cigarette. Xavier shook his head, “I don’t smoke.”

Jason laughed. “Bro, you’ve got some serious self–control. Running such a huge company with so much going on, I thought you would’ve started smoking a long time ago.”

Xavier said flatly. “What does that have to do with anything?

It’s bad for your health. You should quit.”

Jason sighed. “It’s not that easy to quit.”

With that, he put the cigarette back in his pocket, deciding not to smoke.

Xavier was thinking about getting Valentina to call or text Aveline for him. Aveline would definitely respond to her

Jason said to him, “Is my sister–in–law’s project at Mount Ardwood going well?”

Xavier replied calmly, “Yeah, it’s going well. She’s very talented.”

Jason laughed. “Of course she’s talented. That’s why you hired her as the lead architect. You

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wouldn’t just pull strings to give her such a huge project, right?”

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“I just didn’t expect our sister–in–law to be a famous architect, both here and abroad She really keeps her talents hidden”

And you kept it from us too, bro. The other day, my dad even said, ‘Aveline really shocked me She quietly became the lead architect for the Mount Ardwood theme park.“”

Navier lowered his gaze and said nothing.

He knew Aveline was good at drawing, and he knew she had majored in architectural design. But he didn’t know she had already designed several well–known projects, won awards, and made a name for herself both at home and internationally.

For one thing, she used a pen name, and he didn’t really follow news in the design industry, so he was unaware. For another, she had never told him.

Of course, it was his fault. He was sulking because she had lied to him, so he never really talked to her about her career. He knew she was taking on jobs after graduation, but he never asked about them.

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