Married a Secret Billionaire
Chapter 528

Janine licked her lips. She picked up the cup and drank a big sip of coffee. She covered her face with the cup to disguise her rather terrible acting skills. A cat happened to run over. It kept rubbing against Xyla's legs while purring.

She was stunned. She carried it while smiling, petting it softly while putting it on the chair.

Janine put down her cup and recalled Rowan coming to her in a panic two days ago.

Rowan said he must meet Xyla, so he asked her for a favor.

Janine was stunned. She was deeply suspicious that something was wrong with him. He was begging her!?

That man had been proud all his life. He had never begged anyone before!

She thought he still liked Xyla and scoffed after looking at him coldly for a while. "So, you still have a good conscience!"

"So, you're helping me?"

"Sure." Janine thought about it. "I'll be going out with Xyla in the afternoon the day after tomorrow. I'll send you the cafe's location. Come."

"Sure." Rowan nodded.

Janine looked at him as he left. Just when she changed her mind about him, she did not expect that man to turn around to say something that pissed her off.

"I'm protecting my daughter to acknowledge them as my family. I'll teach your b*stard son a lesson after that!"

"You..."

Janine almost spat blood.

She was unwilling to help since she was pissed. She thought she would just ignore Rowan's request.

However, it seemed to be fated that on the same day, something happened to Xyla.

As she was changing the bulb at home, she accidentally fell. She fell from the stool and hurt her ankle. Fortunately, it was not severe.

However, that made Janine suddenly realize that Xyla really needed someone to take care of her.

They were old now. No matter how healthy they were, they could not compare with young people.

On that day Xyla fell, she was lucky that she managed to struggle to call and get treatment in time. Also, Cordelia rushed over as soon as she got her call, and she took care of her all the way. That was how she healed so quickly.

What if it happened again? What if she could not get up and Cordelia was not in town for work?

No matter what, Rowan was considered to be the best candidate... After all, they were childhood sweethearts and had two children together. Most importantly, Rowan still could not let go of Xyla. Although Janine still did not like him, she would treat it as hiring a butler for Xyla!

She sighed and arranged the meeting in the end.

"What's wrong, Janine?" Xyla looked at her, feeling annoyed. "Why are you spacing out?"

Janine calmed herself and looked at the back instinctively.

She knew that Rowan was hiding in that small room.

They had a code. If Janine did not let him out, he would not come out.

Janine smiled. "Xyla, do you remember the cat that we used to have?"

"Of course I do!" Xyla carried the cat. "See, it's similar to this one! Also, I think it was this big when we brought it home..."

"But the school wouldn't let us keep it!"

"Yeah." Xyla looked natural. "Rowan kept it for us."

Janine was stunned.

Xyla played with the cat's paw and suddenly stopped. She lifted her eyes to look at her, revealing a light smile.

"What? Are you surprised that I talked about him?"

"I..." Janine did not know what to say.

"I hated him. When that happened to my family, I hated him." Xyla's voice was deep. She was so calm, as if she were telling someone else's story. "But I don't hate him anymore. I knew why he was taking revenge... If it were me, I wouldn't be any more righteous."

"Xyla..."

"It's okay. It's all over now." Xyla smiled.

"Is it?" Janine had tears in her eyes. "But your head wasn't clear those years. You had depression, and you almost committed suicide. Why was that?"

Janine said that for Rowan to hear. Although the door was shut, he could hear them in the room.

She wanted him to feel guilty so that she would treat Xyla better.

After a while, Xyla sighed. "I just... wasn't feeling myself."

Janine held her hands tight.

William had been bullying her, but nobody in the Irwins would support her.

When she was bullied, those men who promised to protect her vanished.

She was like a parachute that was 10,000 meters in the air, letting her fall and crush.

However, from a young age, she had been taught that it was better to die with honor than survive in disgrace. That was why she had been living in a daze for many years. She had even treated Cordelia as William's daughter for some time.

"Don't worry. You don't have to be sad for me!" Xyla held her hands tightly too. "Isn't it great now? I met you again. We're together again. And we're going to be in-laws now. It's amazing..."

"That's right. So, Rowan is now my in-law. The person that I loathed for so long will be lingering around me now!"

Xyla patted her while smiling.

Janine thought it was almost time. Since Xyla had let go, even if she met Rowan now, she would not have a big reaction.

The room was just behind her.

Therefore, she pretended to get up casually and walked around as she looked at the scenery. She stomped her foot twice when she arrived outside the room.

That was the code she had discussed with Rowan before. He could get out if she stomped twice. Three times meant he could not come out.

She was quite nervous, but nothing was happening in the room.

She was stunned. Could it be that he remembered it wrong? How could he do that for something so important!?

Thus, she stomped her foot twice again while inwardly cursing, "Open the door, idiot!"

Nothing was happening after a while.

Janine was getting mad now. Was that guy pulling her leg?

At that moment, a waiter came to refill their coffee. Seeing her staring at the door, he asked in doubt, "What are you doing, Madam Baker?"

"Oh... Haha, nothing!" Janine faked a laugh. "Just looking around!"

"This is our storage room," he explained. "It's air-tight inside. There's nothing."

"Storage?"

"Yes! There are no windows in it. There's no air inside... It's the best place to store coffee beans. So, this room is like a big sealed bottle!"

Janine widened her eyes when she heard that.

It could not be? If a person went into a sealed bottle...

She felt a squeeze in her heart. She could no longer keep it a secret. She screamed at the waiter, "Open the door. There's someone in there! Open it right now!"

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