Chapter 27

"If they come in, I will kick you out of this office. Do you understand?!"

"Y-yes, sir."

Xavier slammed the receiver hard. Apparently Hannah wasn't bullying him at all. The socialite really shows how to force the unruly Xavier to comply with her.

At the same time, apparently Hannah got a call on her cellphone.

"You guys can't come in? Wait a minute." Hannah hung up, then seemed to be calling someone again.

"Dad, please call Xavier's secretary, she prevent the W.O team and designers who came to the office today."

"Mom!" snapped Xavier. He had guessed that the people who contacted his mother at this time must be the people who were detained by Mia and Rico. "You can't go around like this!"

"Why can't I?" After putting the phone in her clutch bag, Hannah turned to Xavier, "You can't avoid your wedding forever, X, no matter what, you'll still be married to Nathalie."

"Whatever if you want to discuss everything here, let me go!"

Xavier was already walking towards the door, before he finally heard Hannah say aloud,

"All this thing arranged by your grandfather, I just carried it out. If you dodge again this time, then what you will face is Albert Alexandre, not me. You know exactly, right? What risks will you face if your grandfather has intervened?"

Xavier stopped walking. The hands at his sides clenched into fists. Unlucky! Albert Alexandre—his grandfather, wasn't someone one could easily deal with if he had intervened.

When compared to his grandfather, currently Xavier is still nothing.

The man turned around, he looked at Hannah disapprovingly. "Mommy, you—"

Xavier's words of protest was cut off when he heard the sound of the door opening, then several people entered along with Mia who just looked down in fear, it seemed that neither she nor Rico could do anything else.

"Sorry, Sir, they came at Mr. Albert's request. I didn't dare stop them," Mia said, and without waiting for Xavier's response, she immediately turned and left the room.

Hannah looked at Xavier with a triumphant grin. His hands folded across his chest as he said, "You choose, X. Join me and Nathalie to prepare for the wedding now… or get ready today, you are kicked out of the company by grandpa, even removed from the family list…."

"... also remember one other thing, X. It won't be just you that maked 'in trouble' by Grandpa, but the people you want to protect who will be affected the most. Not difficult for me and Grandpa to do it. Remember that, Xavier."

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His mother and Nathalie, and the team his grandfather sent to prepare for the wedding finally left. After successfully 'forcing' Xavier to take part, such as measuring the body and finger circumference for the preparation of wedding suit designs and ordering rings.

Xavier rubbed his face roughly, then leaned back in his oversized chair. It was so frustrating at his powerlessness against his own family.

Removing the word Alexandre from his last name is easy for Xavier.

Wealth is not everything, because in fact luxury does not guarantee happiness. For Xavier, treasure can be sought and fought for. But happiness and love cannot be bought with money.

Actually, he could have rebelled with his hard attitude and left everything he had to be with his lover. To him, Rachel was priceless by anything, even if he had to give up the earth and its contents he would not hesitate.

But what made things difficult was dealing with the huge influence that his family had, especially his grandfather, Albert Alexandre.

His grandfather wouldn't just kick him into the street for nothing. Even after he became a tramp, his grandfather would definitely make it difficult for him to survive out there.

It might not be impossible for someone like Xavier, to stay afloat in the midst of his own grandfather's onslaught. He wasn't someone who gave up easily especially for something he had already grasped, let alone something as precious as Rachel.

But the problem is, the people around him are not necessarily as strong as him in the face of his grandfather's great influence. However, it is undeniable, the influence of Albert Alexandre, who is one of the most famous businessmen in America, cannot be underestimated.

"If you only knew, Rachel, how much pressure I've been under...." Xavier's voice was very low, almost a whisper. "And everything just gets harder without you by my side."

Xavier closed, then took a deep breath. He had to carry a lot of burdens, especially after his father died in a jet crash in Germany ten years ago.

One big incident made his grandfather—Albert Alexandre, drag him right then and there to move to that country. Making him have to carry the burden at a very young age, even having to leave Rachel without being given a chance to say goodbye.

So far, Xavier has become a kind and obedient figure in order to fulfill the expectations and hopes of his family, hoping that one day he will be given a decisive opportunity to make a choice over the life he is stepping on.

But in fact, even for the affairs of a life partner, his family still drives and determines everything in his life.

As if Xavier did not have the slightest right to his own life. It's as if Xavier was born just to be the perfect Alexandre—whom he orchestrated, steered, and designed his life and future in such a way.

Remembering this, Xavier's eyes opened wide.

It's not like him.

Lamenting fate with all helplessness?

Not. It wasn't Xavier at all.

Xavier is the Alpha, the lord wolf who will never bow his head, not even to his grandfather.

Leaning on the table, Xavier's hands clenched into fists.

He is Xavier Alexandre, someone who is absolute and has power over himself.

A Xavier wouldn't just bow down to fate without trying to change it at all.

Xavier also turned to face for a moment, then reached for his smartphone on the table, ringing the call connected a few seconds later.

"Hello, dude!" Say hello to someone on the other side as soon as the call is connected on the third ring.

"Daniel, how far has the progress been?" Xavier said without further ado.

"Oh, come on, man! Business matters are not instant. You think it's easy to persuade them to sell them to us?!"

"You know I don't have much time, Daniel." Xavier gritted his teeth. "I can't possibly stage a coup to grandpa without ammunition and power!"