Chap-87*Regret*

I have made my way into the office, trying not to think about Miranda’s words for now. Xavier seemed to have been waiting for me. Watching me come before him again made him smile. I had to force an uncomfortable smile on him, and I felt like he picked on it.

"You don’t look very pleased," he questioned, closing the file in front of him.

"I spoke to Zoe," I said, taking a seat and letting out a sigh.

"And I am assuming it didn’t go as you thought it would go," he asked, and I nodded.

"I wanted her to continue her study while taking support from us. But she told me she wants to get married to a rich guy who is willing to accept the baby and her. "It really didn’t sit right with me. I don’t know how one can survive like this.

My mother married a man who was only after her wealth. Derrell didn’t even care about his own blood and left us to start over with his previous wife. Marriages that don’t start with love end in tragedy.

"Okay!" he said in exhaustion, dropping his hands to the side o