Chapter 323
Since it had snowed the whole night, the housekeepers were clearing the snow outside Dewberry Manor.
Xavier sat in the car and didn't enter the manor. Then, Mark saw someone entering the building. It was Jeremiah.
Mark told Xavier about it immediately and asked, "Shall we head over there now?"
Since there were so many housekeepers at the manor at that moment, Jeremiah's identity would be exposed if Xavier went there now.
A few days ago, Jeremiah had been staying at Lane Mansion due to the complications with his identity. Xavier hadn't expected him to move into Dewberry Manor so soon.
First, Jeremiah had stolen his identity. Then, he had snatched the company. Now, he had taken Xavier's manor as well.
Xavier wondered if Jeremiah was going to snatch his wife and the people close to him next.
"There's no rush." Xavier's voice pulled Mark back to his senses, and he had no choice but to stop his car somewhere far away.
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Jeremiah really looked a lot like Xavier. If he put on Xavier's clothes, Mark wouldn't be able to tell them apart.
After all, Jeremiah was Xavier's twin. It would be better for him to take care of the company than the useless Zayden.
As they waited, an MPV drove past them. Mark didn't realize Daphne was in it.
Jeremiah looked around in the manor. When he reached Yvette's room, he saw the photo facing down on the bedside table. He grabbed it and turned it around. Then, he narrowed his eyes.
It was a photo of Yvette and Xavier. She was wearing a white gown as she stood next to Xavier in his suit. She was also carefully grabbing his arm.
That photo had been taken during their engagement dinner. They had never had a proper wedding photo, so she had kept this photo carefully, treating it as their wedding photo. When she had decided to get a divorce, she had left the photo behind.
Jeremiah was quietly looking at the photo when he heard his personal secretary, Jackie Wurth, saying from the door, "Mr. Jeremiah, there's someone looking for you downstairs." Jackie had been taking care of Jeremiah when the latter had been receiving treatment abroad. Other than Shannon, she was the only one in Tirion who knew his actual identity.
"Who is it?" he asked.
Jackie was wearing a proper uniform, and she turned on the tablet she was carrying.
"It's Daphne Reyes. Madam Shannon has told you about her before. She used to be Mr. Xavier's girlfriend, but they broke up on a bad note.
"Mr. Xavier once sent her to a mental asylum. Madam Shannon said you don't have to play nice with her."
Xavier had experienced a lot and met a lot of people in the past few years. Jackie was like Jeremiah's reminder-she helped him remember everything Shannon had and hadn't told him. "Got it." He tossed the photo he was holding into the trash can near him and exited the bedroom.
Daphne was waiting downstairs. She thought it was weird. Mark had always been the person following Xavier around. She wondered when he switched to a female assistant. Soon, she saw Jeremiah coming out with Jackie.
"Xav!" Daphne immediately stood up from the couch. She still had a lingering fear of him after he locked her up in the mental asylum.
Jeremiah looked at her indifferently and sat on the couch. As Xavier was blind when she last saw him, she was surprised to find out it was only an act.
"I'm sorry, Xav. Ever since Madam Shannon let me out, I've been living in regret. I shouldn't have lied to you. Will you forgive me?"
When Jeremiah heard that, he understood why she was there. "Apologize to Yvette."
Daphne was stunned. He raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong? Are you refusing to do it?"
She immediately shook her head. "No. I'll do it right now." She took out her phone and was ready to call Yvette.
"I want you to kneel in front of her and apologize in person!" he said slowly.