Substitute Bride: Utterly Pampered by Her Billionaire Husband-Chapter 874: From Now On, It’s Either You or Me

Chapter 874: Chapter 874: From Now On, It’s Either You or Me

Leah Thorne lifted her head, wiped the tears from her face, "Nanny Diaz, I already know the truth. I know what to do now. Come back with me, and I’ll take good care of you from now on."

Nanny Diaz nodded, "Alright."

Leah helped Nanny Diaz up. She took out her phone from her bag to call for a car to pick them up.

At that moment, a man dressed in black suddenly rushed up from behind, moving quickly, and heavily slammed into Nanny Diaz with his arm.

Leah felt Nanny Diaz in her grasp being hit with a tremendous force, sending her flying. She instinctively reached to grab Nanny Diaz’s clothes, "Nanny Diaz!"

After years of living as a beggar, Nanny Diaz’s health was poor. This sudden collision sent her flying, her head hitting the sharp corner of the flowerbed.

Thud, a muffled sound.

Leah’s pupils contracted, and the phone in her palm instantly fell to the ground. She was shocked to see Nanny Diaz still staring blankly, her eyes open, even in death, with a large pool of blood seeping out from under her head.

Leah felt the whole world freeze. After a few seconds, she screamed, "Ah!" and frantically ran forward, "Nanny Diaz! Nanny Diaz!"

Nanny Diaz was already gone.

"Quick, call 120! Call an ambulance! Nanny Diaz!" Leah couldn’t believe that a living person had vanished right before her eyes.

Many passersby gathered and started calling 120.

Leah felt the cold wind on her face, like the sting of a knife. She raised her head to look for the man in black, but he had disappeared without a trace.

Who was this person?

Leah knew this wasn’t an accident but a deliberate act, just like what happened to her parents and brother years ago.

She had just found Nanny Diaz, and now she was gone.

At this moment, across the street, a long luxury car came to a slow stop. The rear window rolled down, revealing a familiar face.

Leah looked up; it was... Old Master Xavier.

Old Master Xavier was here!

Then, the serene ringtone of her phone echoed. Her phone that had fallen on the ground started ringing. The screen flashed, displaying Old Master Xavier’s name.

Leah wiped her tears, scrambled up from the ground, picked up the phone, dried her tears, and held the phone to her ear, "That man in black was sent by you, wasn’t he?"

Old Master Xavier’s aged voice came, tinged with a faint smile, "Yes, so what?"

Leah’s small hand hanging by her side slowly curled into a fist. She stood in the cold wind, her eyes, washed by tears, piercing through the street, landing icily on Old Master Xavier in the luxury car. She calmly met his gaze, then slowly curled her lips into a smile, "My daddy, mommy, brother, and now Nanny Diaz, how many lives does the Xavier family owe me? I’ll make sure to settle them with you in the future!"

Old Master Xavier sighed lightly, "Nanny Diaz originally didn’t have to die, but she became a loose end you stumbled upon. She said things she shouldn’t have, letting you hear them. Leah, you actually caused her death."

"Ha," Leah chuckled coldly, "Back then, you shouldn’t have left me alive."

"Indeed, back then, I thought the same. The Thorne family was gone, leaving only you, how nice it would be to send you to join them. But my grandson Justin took a liking to you. Justin is my most prized successor, I’ve poured all my efforts into him. I didn’t want him involved in these dirty matters, so I let him bring you back and spoiled you for all these years."

"But it doesn’t change anything. You say you’ll settle scores with me later. I’m curious, over the years, you’ve been nothing but a pampered canary in Justin’s cage, beautiful yet empty. How can you fight against the Xavier family, the richest and most powerful in Bayside?"

Leah considered this, it was true. Over the years, she was a noble little canary, nothing without Justin Xavier.

Then... just don’t leave Justin Xavier.

If she could use him, he would be the most lethal weapon, capable of striking the Xavier family with lethal precision.

Leah slowly curled her lips into a smile, "Even though I possess only beauty, it’s the beauty your grandson Justin cherishes most and cannot resist. Isn’t it?"

Inside the luxury car, Old Master Xavier looked at Leah, suddenly narrowing his cloudy eyes.

Leah calmly met his gaze and spoke the last words, "From now on, with the Xavier family, it’s either me or you. One must perish."

After saying this, Leah directly hung up the phone. The ambulance arrived, the doctors lifted Nanny Diaz onto it, covered her with a white cloth. Leah followed them onto the ambulance and vanished from sight.

...

Inside the luxury car.

Watching Leah’s silhouette disappear from his sight, Old Master Xavier snorted in anger, fiercely throwing down the phone in his hand. He looked ahead to the butler, "Why was there a loose end like Nanny Diaz? Now Leah knows things she shouldn’t, you know how much trouble that will bring me!"

The butler in the front passenger seat trembled, "Old Master, we’ve been looking into that Nanny Diaz for years but never found her whereabouts. Who knew she would slip here and reunite with Miss Thorne... Now Miss Thorne is a big problem, why not have someone..."

The butler made a throat-cutting gesture.

Old Master Xavier’s face was filled with harshness, but after musing for a few seconds, he quickly shook his head, "If we make a move against Leah, Justin will undoubtedly trace it back to me. Last time, Justin turned against his own father for Leah. Leah is his one untouchable object; we cannot touch easily."

The butler nodded, "I think the young master is really infatuated with Leah... But Old Master, I heard Miss Thorne intends to use the young master to fight against the Xavier family. I’m worried..."

"You’re worried Justin might destroy the Xavier family for Leah?"

The butler didn’t dare to speak.

Throughout the years, Justin Xavier was always Old Master Xavier’s beloved. Old Master Xavier knew the Xavier family blood ran through him—ambition defined him alongside power, status, and wealth. Moreover, he enjoyed women, but now that woman was limited to Leah Thorne.

Old Master Xavier shook his head, "I trust Justin; he won’t do it. Leah is mistaken; she’s not fighting the Xavier family but against... Justin. If she wins against him, she truly wins; otherwise, she will lose completely."

-- A short story of Jude and Yara

Isabelle Willow had gotten hold of the colorful candies. Just then, she looked up and saw the handsome and dignified figure of Jude Crawford outside the door.

She swiftly ran over, her brow arched in a smile, "Mr. Crawford~"

Riley Sutton and the other executives scattered and left~

Jude Crawford looked at Isabelle Willow seriously, snorting, "Eh? What’s the matter?"

Of course, there was a matter.

Isabelle Willow peeled off the candy wrapping and then stuffed the lollipop into Jude Crawford’s mouth. As the sweetness spread through his taste buds, the girl laughed, "Mr. Crawford, you should eat more sweets~"