Substitute Bride: Utterly Pampered by Her Billionaire Husband-Chapter 1028: Yes, I Love Her!

Justin Xavier looked at Cain Shaw, saying nothing.

Cain Shaw stood up, hands in his pockets, and cast a condescending glance at Justin Xavier, "I remember you. Many years ago, I once saw you outside the Thorne family’s gate."

"At that time, you were still a teenager, and though the outside was sunny and gorgeous, you stood alone in a dark corner. I took an extra look at you and knew that you were no ordinary young man."

"Very soon, Leah and the children from the mansion returned from school, and I saw your gaze lingering on Leah Bathing in sunlight, gazing with a near-greedy admiration. From that moment, I disliked you."

"I’ve seen people like you. Born into the Xavier family, a dirty swamp, you’re too lonely and too eager for the beautiful things. You’re irresistibly drawn to beauty, yet the darkness in your blood urges a desire to ravage and destroy. You want to drag beauty down to hell."

"Leah is the jewel of the Thorne family. My father mentioned you when he was alive, and like me, he didn’t want you to be with Leah. It’s not about your background; someone like you wouldn’t have a low background. Those children will be left behind by you in ten or twenty years. We simply believe you and Leah belong to different worlds; Leah needs a clean, pure boy."

Justin Xavier listened quietly; he didn’t know that his gaze upon Leah outside the Thorne family’s gate was captured by Quinn and Mort Thorne back then. Of course, he wasn’t surprised; the Thorne father and son didn’t like him, believing he wasn’t suitable for Leah.

If the Thorne family hadn’t fallen and the Thorne father and son were still present, he couldn’t have obtained Leah.

He had always known that Leah was someone he had stolen.

Mort Thorne had walked this road, seen many people, and had keen insight. His words sharply dissected Justin Xavier’s humanity.

Justin Xavier’s expression was indifferent as he slightly curled his thin lips, "I’m very sorry to disappoint you. For so many years, I haven’t seen those clean, pure boys. I’ve been here, and they can’t get in. Now she is mine, belongs only to me; what you say doesn’t count."

Cain Shaw raised his eyebrows, with a hint of helplessness and admiration in his eyes, "Now Leah is already Mrs. Xavier, pregnant with your child, of course, it’s up to you."

Justin Xavier stared at Cain Shaw, "I won’t reveal your identity to anyone, but you must disappear from my sight, as far as possible."

Cain Shaw felt Justin Xavier indeed was a cold-hearted man, "Alright then, let me walk through the formalities, lastly, do you love Leah?"

Justin Xavier’s handsome eyes showed no ripples as he indifferently moved his thin lips, "I don’t know what a clean, pure boy means. To me, a man’s purity only results from lack of experience. Many will change. If Leah were with such a boy, for a year, two years...ten years, spending her youth accompanying a boy’s growth. It’s unknown whether at the crossroads of temptation, that purity would remain. Whether Leah would still be the cherished little princess, or be replaced by another younger, more charming girl, living as another version of her."

Cain Shaw’s brow twitched, gaze falling on Justin Xavier’s handsome face.

"Someone like me, you all say is not good, but really, there’s nothing bad. All these years, I’ve been with her, filling the fatherly and brotherly position in your absence, raising her day by day. Through all these years, the single glance I took hasn’t faded; my fidelity has become my sole belonging. Perhaps in hell, I don’t wish to drag her down; all my goodness, my remaining tenderness, belongs to her, allowing her to live purely in sunlight. She’s been my only redemption, and I’m accustomed to reverent gazing."

"If you ask whether I love her, how can I not? In my eyes and heart, she’s always been the only one."

He loves her. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Never did the younger Justin Xavier expect to love someone so deeply. The Xavier family lacked passionate genes; his grandfather and father all had countless mistresses, but with him, it’s as if a genetic mutation occurred.

From a businessman’s perspective, perhaps he had invested too much in Leah, over ten years he transitioned from boy to man, then husband, father; he completed all these phases because of her. It’s a terrifying habit, deeply embedded like vines frantically growing in his veins.

At times, he even considered Leah his love tribulation.

Cain Shaw had nothing else to say. His gaze slowly shifted from Justin Xavier’s handsome face to Leah’s sleeping face. If their father were still here, he’d feel pleased and comforted, knowing a man finally came to take her hand through life.

Cain Shaw reached out to tuck Leah’s blanket and strode away, as he passed Justin Xavier, he whispered, "Treat Leah well; she still has family."

Cain Shaw’s figure quickly vanished into the night.

Justin Xavier stepped forward and sat by the bedside, reaching out to stroke Leah’s petite face.

In her sleep, Leah seemed to sense his presence, she shifted, nuzzling her cheek against his fingers like a kitten acting spoiled.

Justin Xavier’s heart finally relaxed, he gently opened his palm to find it drenched in sweat.

He had been nervous.

A life of calm collectedness, yet facing her brother, he found himself breaking out in a cold sweat.

He feared.

Feared he couldn’t pass her brother’s trial.

Feared her brother wanted to take her away.

Feared he couldn’t resist clashing with her brother.

Justin Xavier pressed his thin lips to Leah’s forehead, kissing her repeatedly, murmuring softly, "Leah, everything now is too beautiful, making me...feel timid. I can’t accept changes, dislike instability. I feel like I’ve lost myself."

Asleep, Leah couldn’t respond to him.

Then, a sudden knock sounded, a maid’s voice came from outside, "Sir, there’s a guest."

So late, and after Cain Shaw, another visitor arrived.

Justin Xavier lifted his head, the cold black eyes looking over, "Who?"

"Carney Shaw."

Carney Shaw’s here!

...

Cain Shaw exited the villa quickly boarding a black luxury van, which sped away.

By the roadside sat someone in a wheelchair...Laura Xavier!