Substitute Bride: Utterly Pampered by Her Billionaire Husband-Chapter 873: Slowly Burying Love

Leah Thorne felt as if her entire being had been thrust into an abyss, she couldn’t breathe anymore, and her limbs were ice cold.

Her eyes stared blankly at Nanny Diaz in front of her, watching Nanny Diaz’s chapped lips open and close, still unable to understand what she was saying.

All these years, she knew it was the Xavier family that had raised her.

So, she silently endured Mrs. Xavier’s sharp and caustic taunts for so many years. She had suffered a slap from Hugh Xavier, been destroyed on her 18th birthday by Justin Xavier, who personally pushed her into hell, and she never fought back because she always remembered that when her own family was destroyed, it was the Xavier family that gave her a home.

How could she forget all these years of gratitude and upbringing?

But now, Nanny Diaz’s words shattered the world she had built before, leaving her in sudden pain, shock, and bewilderment, completely unaware of what was going on? 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Nanny Diaz, you... you said the Xavier family deliberately caused that car accident, killing my daddy and mommy, said it was the Xavier family that used means to make my brother disappear from this world, you... you said..." Leah Thorne’s fair eye sockets slowly turned red, she lowered her head, tears in her eyes fell like a broken string of pearls, "But... but it was the Xavier family that adopted me, the Xavier family, as dirty as they are, was once... also my home... the Xavier family, no matter how unbearable, I once... considered them my own... relatives, I once... truly loved them..."

"Miss!" Nanny Diaz tightly gripped Leah Thorne’s cold and trembling hand, "When you were taken away by that lecherous Hugh Xavier, I was terrified and anxious. I had already seen through Hugh Xavier’s disgusting, vile thoughts. Didn’t that Mrs. Laura Xavier often curse your mommy as some kind of vixen? I’m telling you the truth from back then now!"

"Your mommy and Hugh Xavier were neighbors when they were young. Your mommy came from a family of academics, being excellent and gentle, Hugh Xavier had a crush on your mommy very early on. When they were in school, he even deliberately claimed your mommy as his future wife. That rumor somehow morphed into your mommy’s first love being Hugh Xavier. I laughed at that, hah, as if Hugh Xavier deserved that!"

"Miss, nothing ever happened between your mommy and Hugh Xavier. Your mommy’s first love was your daddy. They fell in love at first sight, then married and had children, bringing you and your brother into this world. They were very happy in their marriage."

"Back then, the Thorne family was prestigious, while the Xavier family had yet to become Bayside’s richest. The contrast was clear. Because the Xavier family and your mommy were neighbors, when Hugh Xavier shamelessly asked your daddy for help, your daddy helped him quite a bit. Your daddy helped the Xavier family win a piece of land in Westside’s bid, and as the real estate world boomed in a few short years, the Xavier family’s assets doubled, becoming newly influential and beginning to monopolize the real estate industry. It was all thanks to your daddy."

"Later, as the Xavier family grew, Hugh Xavier remained cautious and filled with inferiority when faced with the high-status Thorne family. I remember Hugh Xavier visiting the Thorne family, not daring to look at your mommy directly. Men are like this; the more they can’t have something, the more they desire it. Hugh Xavier continued to covet your mommy, who had become the young madam of a high-status family."

"Then came the day of the car accident. Didn’t Mrs. Laura Xavier keep claiming she caught Hugh Xavier and your mommy in bed? Miss, I’m telling you, it was because your mommy had been drugged, and it was Hugh Xavier who did it."

"Your daddy took your mommy back to the car. Because your mommy was drugged and not clear-headed, your daddy, a clever man, was caught off guard by worry. It was not discovered ahead of time that the brakes had been tampered with, and so, your daddy and mommy directly had the car accident."

"Perhaps it’s the cycle of karma, in her emotional turmoil, Laura Xavier also had a car accident on her way home, leaving her with broken legs. But the funny thing is, all these years, she’s been kept in the dark, thinking your mommy deliberately seduced Hugh Xavier, not knowing that Hugh Xavier was so despicable. When you think about it, hateful people perhaps have pitiable sides. Laura Xavier is also a pitiful woman."

"Miss, when you now think back to the causes and effects of these events, don’t you feel a chill down your spine? The Xavier family has long set its dark gaze on the Thorne family, weaving a series of schemes, killing everyone you loved."

"Why did Hugh Xavier bring you back to the Xavier family? Because Hugh Xavier himself is a dark and sick person. He couldn’t have your mommy, so he set his sights on you. Over the years, watching you bloom like a flower by his side, calling him Uncle Xavier with such innocence, his twisted mind received immense satisfaction."

Leah Thorne’s tears had blurred her vision. She didn’t know... all these years, she didn’t know any of this...

Hearing the truth suddenly, she knelt on the cold street of a foreign country, burying her wet face in Nanny Diaz’s soiled embrace, sobbing uncontrollably.

She was only 24, yet her life had suffered consecutive blows. Her heart, already battered and scarred, once again turned bloodied.

Nanny Diaz reached out, affectionately caressing Leah Thorne’s beautiful long hair, "Miss, back then Hugh Xavier was afraid of the truth coming out, so he dismissed all of us servants. I wandered and survived barely, with the biggest wish being to tell you the truth from back then."

"Once, I was begging outside the Xavier’s door. On that day, it was your tenth birthday. I saw Justin Xavier walk out holding your little hand, and you looked up at him smiling, your eyes full of stars."

"Miss, there’s not a single good person in the Xavier family. Their veins run with darkness and filth. Don’t hold onto the hand of the Xavier’s son, thinking that’s your salvation. Don’t fall in love with him because for all you know, he may just be the next abyss for you."

Leah Thorne sobbed uncontrollably, she realized it was too late, it was finally too late, she had already fallen in love, she had loved Justin Xavier for so many years, even to this moment, she still hadn’t stopped.

She had to admit that she still loved him.

If not, why did she want to ask him for an answer when she saw that picture in his wallet?

When he asked her if she minded those women around him, though she hadn’t answered at the time, the answer was clear in her heart.

She loved Justin Xavier.

Why, why did Nanny Diaz’s words come so late?

After all... after all, Justin Xavier appeared during the years she had lost everything, after all... after all, Justin Xavier had given her the warmth and companionship she most needed these years...

Nanny Diaz only told her not to love him, everyone said Justin Xavier was such a bad man, what was there to love, but no one told her, who in her life could replace him, and without him, what would she be like now?

Tears splattered on the ground, Leah Thorne heard the sound of her heart breaking. She gently closed her eyes, suddenly smiling widely; she knew she would never stop loving him in her lifetime, but she could slowly... bury that love.