Chapter 293

As he was waiting for the call to connect, however, Nathan suddenly entered before saying, “Young Master Burton? Chairman Talton is here.” Stefan? What on earth was he doing here? After staring at the still disconnected phone call for a while, Zivon eventually said, “…I’ll head down to meet him. In the meantime, I want you to find out where Xavia is. Update me on the situation the second you find anything.” “Right away, young master,” replied Nathan. Before Zivon could even get to his feet, however, the handsome and gentlemanly Stefan stepped into the study room before warmly saying, “There’s no need to look for her. She’s currently at my place.” …How absolutely direct… And what did he mean by his place? Before Zivon—who already looked gloomy—could reply, Yulia could be heard cheering, “Future daddy!” Seeing his little princess, Stefan gently hugged her before lifting her up and asking in a calming tone, “Hmm? Why are your eyes red, princess? Did someone bully you? Don’t worry, mommy’s with daddy now, and she’s safe and sound…” Following that, Stefan patted her before adding, “Now go be a good girl and pack all your clothes and necessities. Daddy’s going to bring you over to mommy.” “…Huh? Mommy’s not coming back to the villa…? I… Can I talk to mommy about this first…? Mommy told me that I wasn’t allowed to leave the villa without her permission…” muttered the adorable Yulia, prompting Stefan to smile. Fishing his cell phone out, he then sent a message to Xavia, stating, ‘As you said, our little princess wants your approval to leave…’ Shortly after, Xavia sent a voice message that—upon being played—said, “Don’t worry, Yulia. Mommy’s the one who told Uncle Talton to pick you up. Now hurry back with him. Mommy’s waiting for you at his place…” From how clear and natural the voice sounded, the message appeared to be genuine… Regardless, the overjoyed Yulia then exclaimed, “Alright, mommy!” Now that she had gotten permission, Yulia slipped out of Stefan’s arms before running out of the room. Maison himself was frowning. What kind of situation even was this…? After Maison followed Yulia out, the atmosphere grew dead silent… Sitting all dignified at his desk, Zivon—who now had a pressuring and unignorable gaze—eventually asked, “…What is the meaning of all this, Stefan?” Xavia was his now, so the fact that Stefan was just taking her away all willy-nilly—without even informing him about it—was completely unjustifiable. In response, the graceful Stefan simply replied, “Hmm? Well, I’m taking my girlfriend away with me. Is there a problem with that? Speaking of which, while I don’t care about your current situation with Jenna, I won’t have my woman be reduced to nothing but a replacement. You will bully her no further.” “While I’m willing to put aside all the suffering she had to endure from the Burtons and Lockharts up till this point, I hope you understand that you no longer have anything to do with her past this very moment. Just so you know, this was her decision as well,” added Stefan. Even the most protective and gentlemanly of men could become domineering when needed to. Regardless, Zivon’s expression was already fully dark by this point. To think that Xavia had been pouring her heart out to Stefan from today’s afternoon! Simply thinking about how cheery Xavia’s voice had been in that voice message and how Stefan had stated that it was ‘her decision as well’ annoyed Zivon to no end. So… She was abandoning him now? How f*cking swell…! Either way, Zivon couldn’t stop Stefan from taking Yulia away, and once the two were gone, the villa’s atmosphere grew so silent and depressing that even the slightest breeze could be heard from a distance… While the unhappy Maison simply hugged his pillow in his room, Zivon himself now looked even colder than the most frigid of winters as he sat at his desk. However, among the three, Nathan was arguably in the most miserable position. Who should he coax first? Neither of them was remotely easy to deal with! Zivon’s freezing aura certainly wasn’t helping him make clearer decisions! As for Xavia… what was going to happen now that she had just left like that? The entire situation was giving him a headache… It wasn’t long after when the sound of an incoming text message broke the suffocating silence… It was coming from Zivon’s phone on his desk. Taking an indifferent glance at it… Zivon quickly found out who the sender was. Xavia Lockhart…