Chapter 20
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Urban
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After putting Jasmine to bed, I decided to have an open and honest conversation with Xander.
It was out of the question that I would give up my daughter's custody, neither will I let Serena raise her.
If anyone tried to separate me and my daughter, I would rather die with Jasmine in my arms.
Filled with bravery and resolve, I stormed into the living room.
"Xander, we need to talk." Xander was lounging on the small sofa in my living room, his long legs cramped.
"Good, I also have something to discuss with you."
He removed his glasses, set them on the coffee table, and looked at me: "Jenna."
"You speak first. What do you want to talk about?"
I attempted to sit down with composure opposite him on Jasmine's little deer chair, trying to appear in control.
"Let's address the issue of you breaking up with me."
"I..."
I found myself speechless, unable to proceed.
How could I explain it to him? That we were all characters in a book?
I didn't even believe it myself.
"If you can't provide a reasonable explanation, Jenna," Xander's gaze bore down on me from his height, "you know the consequences."
Nervously swallowing, I thought for a long time and decided to tell the truth, however humiliating it sounded.
By the end, I couldn't hold back my tears: "Xander, tI was with you long enough, even had your child, yet you had me committed to an asylum, where I died..."
Xander pinched the bridge of his nose. "So, you dump me due to just a dream?"
"It's not a dream, it's real! It's part of the plot of a book! It really happened!"
"So I married Serena? What about the son you claim I had?"
"Where's the 10 million you mentioned?"
"That's because I knew the plot in advance and ran away, which changed the course of events," I said, rubbing my eyes red from crying.
"If you try to take Jasmine, you'll have to kill me first."
"What kind of nonsense are you thinking about?" Xander stood up, walked over to me, and lifted me: "Jenna."
"But that's how the plot develops; maybe there are deviations, but the ending doesn't change, right?"
My frustration grew: "Is he still the male lead if he doesn't end up with the female lead?"
Xander cradled my face, gently wiping away the tears.
"Why couldn't it be that the whole story changed from the moment I fell for you? In romance stories, the woman the male lead loves is the true female lead."
"Jenna, who do I love? After two years together, can't you feel it?"