My Love for You Broke Me
Chapter 607

Chapter 607

Chapter 607 It’s Been Nine Years

Although there were nannies taking care of the children, they were new, and the children wereunfamiliar with them. Therefore, I coaxed them to sleep before letting the nannies take over.

Caring for children was a labor, and I felt exhausted. I saw Kevin playing games inside the living roomwhen I came downstairs. From the extra wide television screen, it was a familiar game from mychildhood.

I went over and sat beside him. "I know this game. Leon and I used to play it a lot, but he never won."

Unconvinced, Kevin challenged me. "Oh? Are you saying you're good at this game?"

"Let me play one round to get the hang of it. Then, we'll have a duel!"

Twenty minutes later…

"This is getting boring. Why am I always the loser?"

"I told you I'm good at this."

"Ray, can't you let me win just once?"

The way Kevin was complaining was adorable. He threw away the console and sprawled on the couchlistlessly. Just as I was about to tell him I would go easy on him the next round, I received a messagefrom Eilam. It was then that I remembered what I asked him to do before he left and quickly opened myWhatsApp.

He had sent me a picture of a man in a black coat that reached just below his knees. The hem of thecoat swayed with the wind, revealing a small portion of the man's long legs. He was standing on a flat,

elevated spot; a lush black forest and a bright starry sky were in the distance. Also, the glossy whitemoonlight was gently shining down on his well-defined face!

The opaque forest, twinkling stars, moonlight, and the man's cold side profile… Also, I could only seehis right eye. His pupils were dark and deep as he stared into the quiet and far distance.

"Shawn is so handsome!" I felt like I was about to get a heart attack from his handsomeness. Oh, forPete's sake… I know Shawn is handsome, but this picture makes him even hotter.

More importantly, he was not deliberately posing for a picture and was even unaware of it!

"Ray, what's with the yelling?"

Kevin sat up from the couch and took away my phone. When he saw Shawn's picture, he was assurprised as I was. "As I would expect from Sunny! If only I were brave enough to bend him back then!"

Taking back my phone, I announced, "Shawn's mine."

"Hey, I was just joking! Do you think I would dare to have any ideas about him? In all the years I'veknown Shawn, this is the first time I had that brief thought! Sh*t. How dare I think that? Am I tired ofliving? That's a suicide mission! I'm going to a church tomorrow to light a candle and say a prayer!"

After he was done muttering to himself, I happily saved that picture and posted it on Instagram.

The caption I attached was 'My Dear Makur.'

Diego was the first to comment. 'Flaunting your love life this late at night?'

Kevin replied, 'You think it's a flaunt cause you're single.'

Diego retorted, 'Aren't you single too?'

'I haven't broken up yet!'

'Hah! Keep telling yourself that.'

I was at a loss for words when I read Kevin and Diego's argument in the comment section. Then, I sawa comment from Aria. 'He's very handsome.'

'Thank you!' I replied.

Later, May copied my caption. 'My Dear Makur. Hehe.'

'What's wrong?' I asked.

'I'm jealous.'

I rebuked, 'Don't you also call Sir Larson your dear?'

At that moment, Rudy commented, '...'

His comment was rather redundant. He was merely trying to tell us that he noticed our interactions andwanted us to tone them down. So, May stopped replying after noticing his appearance.

A few minutes later, Sir Larson appeared and did something unexpected. 'What? Can't my wife call me'dear'?'

Why is Sir Larson suddenly commenting on my post? Does he follow Rudy's Instagram? Is he doingthis deliberately to show Rudy? If that were it, then Sir Larson is quite bold. At the very least, he's goodat attacking his love rival.

Meanwhile, Kevin and Diego were in a heated argument in the comment section. As the commentsgradually increased, I grew tired of replying to them. Suddenly, Kevin shared the picture with ourWhatsApp group.

I asked him, "What are you doing?"

"I'm going to compliment Sunny and see if he replies!"

I was speechless.

He began flattering Shawn and even tagged him. In the end, Shawn seemed to take pity on Kevin andreplied with a voice message, "Haven't you seen my face before?"

After receiving Shawn's reply, Kevin began another round of flattery, but Shawn did not react. Momentslater, Kevin and Diego were at it again. I looked at the person sitting beside me resignedly, asking,"Kev, I don't recall you two ever fighting with each other. Are you going to hold a grudge against himforever because of one lie?"

"He's the one who made me work for nothing."

I was at a loss for words again.

Although there were nannies taking care of the children, they were new, and the children wereunfamiliar with them. Therefore, I coaxed them to sleep before letting the nannies take over.

On the other hand, the helicopter had been flying low for half an hour. After passing the forest and thesea, they would be in another country.

Kevin tagged Shawn in their WhatsApp group. When Shawn saw the picture, he stiffened butremembered Renee pulling Eilam to the side before they left and spoke with him for a few minutes. Itseemed like this was what she was up to back then.

At first, he did not intend to reply to Kevin, but he wanted Renee to know he was safe, so he sent avoice message. After doing so, he closed the application and habitually opened his Instagram to view

her post. He did not download this app for any other purpose besides following her. Also, he wouldcheck her profile whenever he was free to see if there was anything new.

"My dear Makur?"

Smiling, Shawn immediately liked the post. He then put his phone down and closed his eyes to restwhile Eilam quietly sat opposite him. His nap lasted about three hours, and when he opened his eyes,he asked, "Are we there?"

"There's still another hour, Mr. Xenos."

Shawn was more carefree before Eilam, so he rubbed his eyes and asked, "Were you scared earlier?"

Shaking his head and then nodding, Eilam answered, "You were there."

With a faint sigh, Shawn asked, "You were not afraid because I was there with you?" After a slightpause, he continued, "You can't make that a habit, though. After all, I have no plans to let you rely onme forever." Eilam's eyes widened when he heard Shawn continuing, "In the future, you'll need to tryand solve your problems and conquer your fears. Eilam, you're still young, so you might not understandwhat I'm saying. I won't overexert on you these couple of years, but you still have to get used to this lifebecause you're gonna get involved sooner or later."

Hearing that, Eilam suddenly uncovered a target and seemed to know what he should be doing. Hehesitantly asked, "Will Skyler experience these as well?"

"Skyler is my biological son. I would only be stricter with him, so you should be lucky you met me atyour age."

A shocked Eilam asked, "What do you mean, Father?"

"He will be introduced to my world long before he turns eleven."

Eilam hesitated again before asking, "Where are we going now?"

"Since we're already here, we'll deal with everything in one go."

Shawn did not disclose the answer to Eilam blatantly because he would witness whatever happenednext anyway. An hour later, the helicopter landed at the top of a building. When Shawn came downfrom the helicopter, his eyes were filled with contempt as he looked at the people waiting for him. "Isthe hypocrite one of you?"

Though he owned this building, the interior was a mess. The middle-aged man standing in the frontwas trembling when he saw Shawn's cold eyes and stammered, "Mr. Xenos, my son, he—"

Taking over the conversation, Shawn interjected, "Betrayed his own?"

The spies he planted inside the enemy's base were captured because he had a traitor on his side.Therefore, he could not forgive the traitor because he had overstepped the boundaries.

"N-N-No, Mr. Xenos. It's my fault for not educating him. He's my only son. Please spare him. I'm willingto be your servant…"

Ignoring the man, Shawn looked at the bound young man. He looked to be in his early twenties, whichwas the age when people were generally impetuous and had no regard for the consequences of theiractions. Even at that moment, that young man was fearlessly staring at him.

Shawn was intrigued by his attitude and asked, "Why did you betray me?"

The young man accused him. "Because you're a tyrant!"

An unfazed Shawn repeated. "A tyrant?"

"My apologies, Mr. Xenos. My son is still young and insensible—"

Shawn hummed in response. "You're right." Then, he questioned the young man, "Your father knowswhat kind of person I am, but I have a question. How are you sure the people you side with aren't thesame? You're still young, but—"

"Please, Mr. Xenos, spare my son!"

"Three months of confinement, and he'll start from the ground up."

The middle-aged man was shocked. "Start from the ground up…"

The Xenoses had an extremely strict hierarchy and starting from the ground up meant taking away allthe benefits the young man had. Plus, he was not to get any help from his elders and would have to getback to where he was alone.

He was now the second in charge of this building, so it would be difficult for him to get back withoutreceiving external help. Moreover, starting from the ground up meant Shawn had abandoned him.

Only people with exceptional talents would be able to successfully start from the ground up, and only afew had done it in the past. This punishment was exceedingly severe to those with power and status astheir luxurious life depended on Shawn!

"Mr. Xenos, this punishment—"

"You should feel lucky that those spies are safe. Or else, your son won't… I think I've said enough."What Shawn meant was that he did not want to hear any more excuses from the middle-aged man.

"Yes, Mr. Xenos."

Shawn ignored the middle-aged man, but just as he was about to leave, he saw a familiar figure amongthe crowd. He stopped in his tracks and articulated in his low voice, "Seth, it's been nine years since wemet. Right?"

The familiar figure emerged from the crowd and respectfully answered, "Yes, it has been nine years.Mr. Xenos, you mentioned you'd set me free when we meet again."

Frowning, Shawn asked, "Did I?"

It happened so long ago that he could not recall ever saying that.

Seth Zander was shocked at first but then replied firmly, "Yes, you did."

While looking at him with his quiet eyes, Shawn asked, "So, you've been waiting for nine years?"

"Yes, Mr. Xenos."

"In that case, continue working for me for another three months. Once the time is up, you and theXenos Family will not owe each other anymore."

Seth calmly replied, "Yes." At that moment, he was elated. After nine years, he could finally leave thisplace!

"Eilam, he's yours now."

The startled kid inquired, "Father, who is this?"

Shawn knew Seth's abilities fairly well and thought he would be the best candidate to mentor Eilam."Your bodyguard, Seth Zander."

The figure stiffened while murmuring to himself, "Mr. Xenos, you still remember my name?"

Shawn did not bother about it and got into the helicopter without hearing Seth say, "Thank you, ShawnXenos."

…

Later, Seth abandoned everything he had in the building and followed them onto the helicopter. He saton the farthest corner of the chopper, watching Shawn go through the documents. After nine years,Seth thought Shawn seemed more mature, and the way he dealt with things seemed more resolute.

He sat there like he was nonexistent, while Eilam waited until Shawn finished perusing the documentsbefore asking, "Are we going home?"

"I'll be heading to the company, but you are." Shawn gave him a simple reply.

Eilam stayed silent and looked toward his new bodyguard. When Shawn noticed that, he explained,"Seth, from now on, you'll be personally giving the young master combat lessons."

"Yes, Mr. Xenos." Seth was an obedient bodyguard. He had to be if he wanted to go home.

The helicopter landed on the top floor of Xenos Solutions' headquarters. Shawn descended thechopper before taking a rose from Waylen and giving it to Eilam, instructing, "Eilam, give this to yourmother."

Before arriving, he had texted Waylen, telling him to prepare a rose as a gift for Renee.

"Yes, Father."

After Shawn left and the helicopter took off, Eilam asked Seth, "Have you and Father known each otherfor nine years?"

"Yes. I used to be Mr. Xenos' bodyguard."

Seth used to be one of the bodyguards beside Shawn and was also one of the three that he ordered tokill. He was grateful that Shawn decided to spare him and even gave him a promise, which Seth

exchanged for saving a life!

"Father said you're going to give me combat training."

"Yes, Young Master Eilam."

…

Nicholas agreed to marry Aria, but he specifically mentioned that it was not out of love. His exact wordswere, "I will treat you with respect and care, but you should know… I already have someone I love."

Nonetheless, she was not upset by his words because she had gotten what she desired. "Yes, Iunderstand."

So what if our marriage isn't out of love? At least I love him, and he's willing to respect me as his wife.That's all I need.

At that moment, Aria was taking care of the drunk Nicholas. He had been drinking a lot recently andseemed to be upset. When she tried to decipher why, he had to be upset about losing her. Suddenly,he grabbed her wrist. "Ree."

She is the person occupying his heart.

She replied gently, "I'm Aria."

However, he repeated. "Ree."

This time, she did not try to correct the drunk man. After putting him to sleep, she grabbed her phoneand just happened to come across Renee's post. Renee was happy with her current life, so Nicholasdid not want to interrupt that. Deep inside, he also wished she could be happy. His desire for her to becontent in life overcame his possessiveness.

He had been changing his ways for her, but no one knew about his efforts.

With a soft sigh, Aria wished him. "I hope things will pass with time, and everyone can be happy. I alsohope that everything will settle down soon."

She loved Nicholas, but her feelings for him were never selfish. While loving him, she was alsoforgiving, understanding, and empathetic. That was why he chose to marry her.

"Nicholas, I promise to stay with you forever."