My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 496

Shawn didn't look like a man who would fight a woman. As doubt filled my mind, I recalled Joseph's words from this afternoon. He told me that Shawn drove out of town to pick up a woman in white. I asked, "Shawn picked her up himself?"

Joseph replied, "I'm not sure. Our man only saw a woman wearing white. Now it seems the woman is most likely LG. After all, she is an acquaintance of Mr. Xenos."

I was a little upset with the new piece of information. "Can you elaborate on it?"

The banquet had a lively vibe. Standing next to me, he asked with slight confusion, "Miss, what do you want to know?"

"Their past."

Detecting a hint of jealousy in my tone, he explained respectfully, "Miss, I don't know much about it. I only heard that from Mr. Briar before. That was a few years ago, and I can't remember much. I only know that LG and Mr. Xenos used to be assassins under WT. It seems like they frequently worked on missions together in the past."

So, they were comrades who went through life and death together.

Who exactly was she to Shawn?

I couldn't bring myself to imagine that.

I sighed heavily. Sir Larson approached me from a distance and asked, "Mrs. Xenos, have you seen Mrs. Larson?"

I answered honestly, "Only during the day."

After May heard Rudy's words in the daytime, she ran away.

“Have you heard from her?”

His face showed no hint of warmth. It seemed like something happened between them. Did she confront him?

"I haven't. Shall I call her?"

"Thank you, Mrs. Xenos. I hope you can spend more time with her when you're free. I've decided to go away for a while. I'm returning to Iceland for recovery." This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

I hesitated. "About what happened back then..."

The banquet was as lively as before. It was inconvenient to have a conversation. He didn't elaborate on the matter and only admitted without wavering his voice, "It was my family's doing. I entrust her to you, Mrs. Xenos. Staying in Bryxton is too much for me at the moment. I'll see you soon."

Sir Larson attended the banquet to bid farewell to me.

He kept asking me to take care of May for him.

I reminded him casually, "All right, I won't press you for the time being. However, there's one thing you should remember. Alba is a splinter in her mind. If she knows the truth when she's finally letting him go, you know how she is. So far, I have no idea about her opinion of you, and I'll still treat you as my best friend's husband. If she wants to cut ties with you, I'll do the same for her sake."

He remained a neutral face. "Goodbye."

I saw the blood stain on his white dress shirt when I darted my gaze down. Just how badly was he hurt?

I didn't press and watched him turn on his heels.

Once he walked away, Joseph asked me a question out of interest, "Miss, what happened back then? Why is it his family's doing?"

I briefed him on what happened in the past. After pondering for a moment, he took nobody's side. "I once heard Mr. Xenos say that Sir Larson is a calculating man, but Mr. Briar also says that he isn't a bad guy. Therefore, I don't think he would do such a thing."

"He said it was his family's doing," I reminded him.

"But he never said it was his doing." Joseph's effective suggestion made me come to a realization.

I took out my phone and sent May a message without delaying a second.

She didn't reply, so I asked Joseph to check on her whereabouts.

As Joseph carried out my order, I turned around and went upstairs to find Shawn. "Sunny, I'm going out to see May later. You can go home yourself after the banquet ends. Remember to hug the children on my behalf."

Shawn promised, "I will."

I grinned at him. "You're not allowed to skip it."

He seldom hugged our children on usual days, and it wasn't good for bonding. Therefore, I had to remind him to hug the children once he got home.

After that, he extended his arms toward me. I walked over to put my arms around his waist and leaned my head against his chest. "I'll be back soon."

Shawn wrapped his arms around me tightly and gently suggested, "I'll see you at home."

I stood on my toes and kissed him on the cheek. He returned a faint smile to me. After that, I went downstairs and left the villa in Joseph's company. As I brushed past LG among the guests, she stared at me with a blank look on her face as if she was watching a dead person, and there wasn't any emotion in her eyes.

I suppressed the unease that grew within me and headed out to find May.

She was staying at her house, which was a small apartment unit.

I knocked on the door to grab her attention. "May."

May answered the door with traces of tears on her face. She called out to me. "Ree."

I put my arms around her without hesitation. "Why are you crying?"

"Alfred killed Alba."

I didn't know the truth either, but my guts were telling me to believe Joseph's words and Sir Larson's innocence.

However, I had no methods to learn the truth after all these years—unless I could ask Old Master Adams about it.

I didn't pay attention to the Adams Family in recent years. I knew its status in Bryxton was declining rapidly and the family was barely holding it together.

I could do him a small favor in exchange for the truth.

Why didn't I think of that before?

Just when I was about to ask Joseph for their contact number so I could proceed with my plan, May's phone rang. Taking the phone, she checked on the caller ID before she explained in frustration, "It's Alfred's sister, Abigail. We aren't very close, but she always calls me from time to time, telling me that I'm 'Mrs. Larson', whom everyone respects. What's the point of being 'Mrs. Larson' if her brother—"

She couldn't bring herself to finish the words. After accepting the call, she put it beside her ear and

asked with a neutral tone, "Hello? Why did you call?"

"May, you don't sound fine. What's wrong?"

May ignored Abigail's concerns, so Abigail continued with a cautious tone, "Did you fight with Alfred just now?"

May knitted her brows. "How did you know?"

"Alfred just said he's heading back to Iceland."

May's expression was a surprised one at first before it turned to a cold look, but she didn't bother to reply to Abigail. It seemed to me she wasn't fond of Abigail.

"May, what happened between the two of you?"

Just when I thought May would hide the truth from Abigail, she began with honesty to my surprise, "Alfred killed my first love."

Abigail asked tensely, "Do you mean Alba?"

May was taken aback. "How did you know?"

"Alfred is innocent." Abigail sounded like she knew the truth.

May's expression softened at the statement. "Do you know who did it?"

Deep down she was in denial of Sir Larson as the murderer and was hoping that someone would tell her otherwise. Otherwise, she would lose herself and didn't know what she should do.

"May, I was the one who did it."

Abigail's tone betrayed a hint of hesitation, but there wasn't any hint of regret, as if the worst thing that could come was May's reprimand.

I could see the shocked look replacing the expression on May's face. "It's you! Why did you have to do that? Abigail, why did you have to do such an inhumane thing?"

May hadn't fully accepted the truth.

Her face was telling me that she thought Abigail was only lying to her and taking the blame for Sir Larson.

However, Abigail's tone showed no hint of remorse as she explained, "It's because Alfred likes you, and I want him to be happy. Therefore, I worked with the old loser from the Adams Family and killed Alba. Then, I set Hannah up to return to Bryxton and drive a wedge between you and Rudy. I was only doing everything for Alfred. Besides, it's only Alba. He had no influence, status, or good looks. He was nothing compared to Alfred. And Rudy, he's only a man who rises from the mud. A lowly man like him doesn't deserve your love. An influential, powerful, and cultured man like my brother suits you the most. Moreover, you've made it to the top of the social ladder as 'Mrs. Larson'."

May snapped at her without warning, "Shut up!"