My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 278

The moment he brought up Felix's Villa, I suddenly understood that he wanted to leave the two children in my parents' care. I felt a little reluctant about this.

He noticed the look of worry on my face and patiently explained, "Even if we take the children with us, only the nanny will have time to take care of them. It'll be better to send them back to the villa. After all, your parents are lonely, and they have time to raise the children. They'd be happy to have their grandchildren around them too."

I had hesitation written all over my face as Shawn stooped to meet my eyes. His voice was gentle as he proposed, "Babe, how about we settle down in Bryxton? That way, you can go back home every day to spend time with them as soon as you're free, and it won't be any different from raising the children yourself."

Settling down in Bryxton… But Shawn prefers Finland. Still, he was willing to settle down in Bryxton for me. Besides, he had a good point. Neither of us had much time to take care of our children, so it was most fitting to leave them in the care of my parents. Moreover, they would be right under our noses, and we could take them home at night and take care of them ourselves, so the offer would give us the best of both worlds.

Shawn was as gentle as a lamb when he suggested this, so I naively thought he was doing it for my sake, but I learned a long time later that because I had been placing all my attention on the children for the past two days, he felt a twinge of dissent in his heart and decided that it wasn't appropriate to keep the children around. Hence, he lowered his tone while gently and painstakingly persuading me to send the two children to Felix's Villa, not wanting his share of love to be split up too much by the two

children. At the very least, he wouldn't be completely ignored as he had been for the past two days.

"All right. I'll spend two more days with them before I send them to my parents. They'll be happy to have two grandchildren at once."

Shawn's lips curled into a smile. "Okay. I'll keep you company."

For the next two days, we stayed at Brimstone Mountain, then took the two children back down the mountain to Bryxton and arrived at Felix's Villa not long after. My mother covered her mouth in shock when she saw the two children cradled in Shawn and Joseph's arms, her eyes instantly flooding with tears.

"Ree, are they my grandchildren?" Her voice was particularly cautious as she asked this question.

I smiled and replied, "Yeah. I'll explain things to you inside the house."

After entering the villa, I told them everything about Nicholas taking the children away, and my mother immediately had a change of heart about him. "I thought he was a good boy, and I thought it was a pity that you had divorced, but I didn't expect him to be so cruel! What is he thinking when he took a mother's child away?"

At my mother's words, my father frowned and said, "How is it a pity that they divorced? What are you saying in front of your future son-in-law?"

Coming to a realization, my mother hurriedly apologized, "I'm sorry."

Shawn nodded and said politely, "It's all right."

He didn't mind at all as he was clear that my mother didn't harbor any ill intentions.

We left the two children at Felix's Villa, and before we departed, I instructed my mother, "The nanny has been taking care of the children, so you can ask her if you have any questions. I'll come back to visit you tomorrow during the day."

My mother smiled happily and said, "Okay. You two can go ahead. Your dad and I will take good care of the babies, so don't worry."

I looked at the children and reluctantly left for Eldham with Shawn. Once we arrived, he went about his business while I returned to the Xenos' Residence to deal with the affairs of the past two days. As I had taken over the Xenos Family, I had to personally handle the internal affairs and could no longer carelessly leave things to my assistant like before.

It was raining at night. Shawn gave me a call and asked in a deep voice, "Are you at the office?"

"Yeah, I'm waiting for you."

He asked gently, "Are you tired?"

"No, I'm just a little worn out thinking about traveling between Eldham and Bryxton every day from now on. I'm worried I won't last long."

Some things were easier said than done—for example, settling down in Bryxton when the Xenos Family's headquarters were in Eldham. In addition, Shawn's base of operations was in Europe. NôvelDrama.Org is the owner.

"Have Anthony send someone directly to you to bring you to Eldham whenever something comes up. Eldham is just a few hours away from Bryxton, so it's not too tedious to make a trip back and forth every day. If there's an emergency, you can rush back to Eldham. You have me at your back if that isn't enough."

After a pause, Shawn's gentle voice sounded. "Ray, the Xenos Family has a self-imposed survival mode. You should try to set it loose while being in control of the whole situation."

I asked curiously, "How do I set it loose?"

Once, Shawn was in control of the Xenos Family while also commanding power in Europe. Although it was on a large scale, he handled it with ease and was often on the move, rarely meddling in the affairs of the Xenos Family. Kevin had said that he liked living life in the fast lane.

"Be a good girl. I'll tell you more about the Xenos Family when I come home later."

Now, Shawn was able to say these things to me without any hesitation. He was always so flirtatious even when he wasn't present.

"Okay. Where are you?" I asked.

"On the way to pick you up and take you to Bryxton later."

I hung up the phone and stared at the rainy night outside through the window. It was a beautiful sight, or it might be due to my good mood that everything seemed pleasant to the eyes at the moment.

I turned around and left my office to look for Anthony, who was dealing with some work in his seat. When he saw me arriving, he hurriedly arose and greeted me, while I asked him with a smile, "What are you busy with?"

"Some errands from the company," he replied.

I relayed Shawn's words to him, and he pondered for a moment before agreeing. "It should be possible, but the Xenos Family has a branch office in Bryxton, so if you want to stay there, I can send Gary over so that you'll have someone by your side to call on. However, I suggest that you return to the Xenos' Residence once every week. Back when Mr. Xenos was in charge of the family, despite not being involved in everything in his family, he always comes back to the company every once in a while, to make an appearance. On one hand, this is to intimidate his subordinates, and on the other hand, he could handle all of the family's major affairs together. It's a good way to manage the family."

To manage things using such methods, the family had to be powerful in the first place, or they couldn't afford to be so capricious. Ultimately, it was due to the Xenos Family's own capabilities that allowed me to be as free as I was now.

I agreed. "Yeah, let's go with that."

"Miss, there's one more thing I have to report to you."

Hearing that, I asked dubiously, "What is it?"

"We received an invitation from the royal family in France."

"What invitation?"

I had a feeling that things were not as simple as they seemed.

"You're invited to the Duke's funeral."

As the invitation to the funeral was sent directly to the Xenos Family in such a formal manner, it was clear that they were pressuring me to attend.