Shirley raised her head and locked eyes with Xavier, her gaze soft. "So... You''ve been worried about


    me all this time. You still care about me, don''t you?" "I just think it''s better for you if you further your


    studies now." Xavier''s expression was icy, with no emotion on his face whatsoever. In his mind, Shirley


    was a part of his past he couldn''t get rid of. He has sacrificed a lot for her, and it might have been out of


    habit or pity that he didn''t want his former girlfriend to have her eyes gouged out. Shirley was someone


    he used to love, and Stefan was his childhood friend-he would hate for either of those rtionships to


    be ruined. It was best to make Shirley leave Beach City andy low in a ce where Stefan couldn''t


    find her.


    ''Til go if you think I should leave Beach City.” Shirley was not as averse towards the option now, and for


    the first time, agreed with Xavier about it. She could foresee that Leia would do anything to get revenge


    on her after tonight, and Xavier might not defend Shirley, so it was wise to leave Beach City now.


    "You agreed?" Xavier looked surprised. He remembered that Shirley had firmly objected to it when he


    mentioned it the other day. She cried and said that he was purposely trying to ruin her, but now... she


    was okay with it.


    "Rumors keep following me, and you don''t care about me. Maybe you''ll fall in love with me again if I


    leave Beach City ande back in two years," Shirley smiled and said teasingly. She did have a lot of


    negative news about her circting thanks to Leia''s and Santiago''s fans, who gathered bad things


    about her and exposed them. Santiago''s fans liked Leia very much and always argued with Shirley''s


    fans for Leia''s sake. They had managed to expose a lot of negative things about her that year. 0. The


    other hand, Santiago had released a statement hoping that Shirley would manage her fans well and not


    trouble innocent people. He had also expressed his desire to never work with Shirley, and since


    Santiago was the top male actor, he had a lot of shares and power inpanies that supported him.


    Consequently, those subsidiarypanies had also refused to work with Shirley.


    As the rumors spread, the people in the entertainment industry had started to follow the trend. Santiago


    had openly boycotted her, and Xavier had long given her up. It had been a long time since she received


    any opportunities, so if she went abroad to further her studies now, she could leave the battle and


    make her fans see her as an innocent victim. All the rumors about her would disappear too. It was like


    killing two birds with one stone.


    "I''m d you''ve realized." Xavier didn''t dwell much on it. He merely felt that Shirley had finallye to


    her senses and realized his good intentions. He sized Shirley up and then nced into the club. When


    he found nothing amiss, he said casually, "Okay, I''m going." "Don''t!" Shirley approached him and held


    his arm. "Since I might be leaving, why don''t you spend some time with me?"This belongs to N?velDrama.Org - ?.