Taming The Hidden Bigshot By Kissing Him-Chapter 205 - Mr. Huo Lets Get a Divorce
Chapter 205: Chapter 205: Mr. Huo, Let’s Get a Divorce
Chapter 205: Chapter 205: Mr. Huo, Let’s Get a Divorce
Qiao Xi lowered her head and read each word carefully. Her hand clutched the paper until her knuckles turned white.
Huo Jiancheng opened his mouth helplessly, “Ten years ago, the night Xingluo saved Xingzhou, they were unconscious, and Xu Guangyao and I agreed to an arranged marriage between the second branch of the Huo Family and the Su Family, with signatures and fingerprints certified by a notary. At the time, I thought that when they grew up, they would surely be together, and a marriage between the second branch of the Huo Family and the Xu Family would be beneficial without any harm. But I never expected…”
After the car accident, Xu Xingluo went abroad.
“Qiao Xi, now the Xu Family wants me to fulfill the promise. Otherwise, what will be lost is half of Xingzhou’s fortune…”
Qiao Xi’s hands trembled.
It was written clearly on the paper, the Huo Family voluntarily entered into the arranged marriage to repay the life-saving debt, and if they reneged on it, they would have to divide half of their assets as in a divorce settlement.
The half of Huo Xingzhou’s fortune was the Tianyuan Group.
Xu Guangyao had played a smart move!
Huo Jiancheng rubbed his temple and said, “I’ve realized now that I was tricked by Xu Guangyao. My child has the ambition to reach the clouds, and he single-handedly established Tianyuan. But now, the Xu Family is bringing out the agreement, saying either to get married or to divide the assets.”
He didn’t dare to tell his family.
He could only silently bear it all.
Qiao Xi found it utterly absurd, “Then why didn’t you use this agreement back then after the car accident to force Xu Xingluo to marry out of expediency?”
“I… I thought Xingzhou might not wake up, and I couldn’t delay Xingluo’s whole life,” Huo Jiancheng said guiltily.
Heh.
So he was just too nice for his own good.
A wave of annoyance built up in Qiao Xi’s heart, “Why should I pay for your mistake?”
Huo Jiancheng looked at her and said, “Would you rather see Xingzhou fall from the clouds and get trampled on by everyone?”
Qiao Xi clenched her hands tightly.
A surge of unprecedented bitterness and grievance rushed into her nostrils.
Why should she?!
Even Huo Jiancheng was banking on her soft heart.
“Qiao Xi, I hope you don’t tell anyone else about this. You don’t want my relationship with Xingzhou, father and son, to break, do you? Du Juan and Jiaojiao are impulsive people, and this family would fall apart,” he said.
Qiao Xi felt a burning sensation in her eyes, and with reddened eyes, she laughed and said, “Your family can’t be torn apart, but mine can be? That night at the Jinling Grand Hotel, you knew about it, right?”
A lump formed in Huo Jiancheng’s throat.
He bowed his head in guilt and said, “I’m sorry. That night, I had no choice but to drug Xingzhou; thereafter, he and Xingluo left one after another and did not come back all night. I… I was thinking…”
So that was it.
Mr. Huo had been drugged.
Qiao Xi covered her heart, enduring the pain that spread to her chest.
These past few days, she had been thinking, if only he would explain, that would be enough.
If only he said it was fake, she would have believed him.
But she had never imagined…
It was not that he had rekindled old feelings with Xu Xingluo.
He had spent a night with Xu Xingluo.
A night beyond his control, too shameful to speak of, and utterly humiliating.
How could he, a man so proud and unblemished, ever speak of it?
How could she bear to expose his scars?
The resentment she held against Huo Xingzhou suddenly dissipated.
She felt even more profoundly the fickleness of fate and its mockery of her.
Why did it have to take away even the person she liked the most?
It was as if her heart had been seared by fire.
She looked at Huo Jiancheng, with a mixture of forbearance and anger, and said, “You are his father! Helping outsiders scheme against him, do you realize how much that could hurt him?”
“My father died early, and I always fantasized about how happy I would have been if I had a father to grow up with. But you made me realize that not all fathers are selflessly devoted to their children. You punished your only son with your own cowardice.”
Qiao Xi tossed the paper on his face, “I may be at your mercy, but you also lost his trust.”
She turned around.
Tears rolled down.
It was as if she had finally brought a beautiful dream to its end. Awakening from a sweet dream, she stepped out to see the cruel reality in the chaos.
At last.
Heart-wrenching.
Battered and bruised.
Deprived of the last sliver of hope at the bottom of her heart.
Qiao Xi returned to the villa in a daze, taking a deep breath before entering the door to steady her tears.
She couldn’t let Aunt Qian sniff out the truth.
After she walked into the living room, she found Aunt Qian wasn’t at home, probably out dancing in the square. She heard noises coming from the pool in the backyard and slowly made her way there.
The afterglow of the setting sun cascaded down.
The man’s back muscles, smooth and tight, were perfect as he dove in like an agile whale.
Droplets of water glistened on his body.
Qiao Xi watched him silently, not getting any closer.
Memories of their past interactions flashed through her mind.
Thinking of him teaching her to swim, signing her up for driving school, setting up a clinic for her. Teaching her how to behave in society, providing her with protection. It was the Su Family who brought her into the marriage as a substitute, yet the second branch of the Huo Family harbored no grudge against her.
She was respected as a wife by him and loved as a daughter by Du Juan.
Qiao Xi took a deep breath, the air cutting into her throat with pain.
She suddenly remembered a book she had once read which said: The highest form of love a man can offer a woman is to teach her the skills to survive in society, to offer her resources and help. Even if one day she leaves him, she can still stand independently and live with dignity.
He had done well.
Gentlemanly and noble.
But there was one thing, the introduction of Xu Xingluo had changed everything.
And there was that ten-year marriage contract he never knew about.
If she were to reveal it, it would hurt the bond between father and son; Du Juan and Huo Sijiao would probably stand by her side. And the second branch of the Huo Family might just fall apart.
Qiao Xi was distressed, struggling.
Her heart was full of pain.
The sound of water in the pool ceased; the man stopped his movements and looked toward her on the shore, casually pushing the wet locks of hair back with his slender fingers. His dark eyes fixed on her, the corners showing a trace of tender entanglement.
“How long have you been here?”
He asked, looking up from the water.
The halo of sunlight fell on him, as though through a filter.
Qiao Xi pursed her lips and took a step forward. With nowhere to release the pressure in her chest, she slowly extended her arms and jumped into the water.
The anticipated pain did not come.
She leaped into the man’s embrace, and he caught her firmly. His strong arms wrapped around her waist, half her body submerged, her eyes opening to meet the depths of his gaze.
Her eyes reddened.
Qiao Xi reached out to wrap her arms around his neck, initiating a kiss on his thin lips.
She always felt she had to do something, even if it led to nothing.
She kissed fervently, desperately, passionately, disregarding all technique. Her gaze intense, focused. A thin mist covered her eyes, making the blackness of her pupils even more pristine.
She had mustered all her courage to fall in love with a man, and then with that same intense love brimming to overflow, she decided to leave him.
The fire blazed.
Leaving only ashes.
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She drew away from Huo Xingzhou and said softly, “Mr. Huo, let’s get divorced.”
