Chapter 749

Xaviar let out a low chuckle, a dark glint flashing in his eyes. "Remember how you used to tremble under my command, so obedient and docile? I was completely fooled by that pitiful act of yours... That was the first Waterloo of my life. Never before had a woman managed to outmaneuver me so thoroughly—Xaviar! Willow, tell me, how could I ever forget you?" "All these years, I've engraved you into my mind, branded you into my bones. Even in my dreams, I've imagined the day you'd fall back into my hands!" In the next instant, the cold muzzle of a pistol pressed against Willow's temple. Xaviar's face still wore that gentle, refined smile, but the light in his eyes was bone-chilling. "Let's go. Didn't you come here just to see that little girl?" Willow met his gaze calmly for a moment, then without hesitation, turned and walked into the chemical plant. Though it was broad daylight, the interior of the plant was unnaturally dark, the air thick with the acrid scent of chemicals. As she moved f