I Hope You Will Never Regret

Xavier furrowed his beautiful eyebrows when he saw his late wife’s name on the file. He opened it and started reading.

Tears streamed down his handsome face when he saw that his late wife had been diagnosed with stomach cancer before they even got engaged, but she didn’t tell him.

He was reminded of Dr Lambert’s words saying that his late wife was not shocked when she heard that there was something wrong in her stomach.

Dr Morgan indicated in his notes that Valencia’s parents took her to him for treatment when she was eighteen years old. Also, they were aware that Valencia’s stomach cancer was in the advanced stage.

Dr Morgan indicated that he told the Moore family that their daughter had one and a half years to live. Xavier was so upset; the Moore family took him for a fool.

How could they do that to him? They blamed him for their daughter’s passing. They even asked for compensation, but they knew all along that their daughter was dying.

He looked at his friend and said, “Thank you my friend, for the past four years I have been blaming myself for killing my wife, but the Moore family knew all along that she was dying.

They played me for a fool. I will never forgive them for the pain they put me through. I hate deception the most. I want to be alone, to think.”

He hugged his friend, then Chase left Xavier’s house. He was so scared for the Moore family. His friend was ruthless to his enemies. Would Xavier forgive the Moore family?

Xavier stayed in the study room till morning. He cried until there were no tears. He was deeply hurt by his late wife’s betrayal. He would have married her even though she was dying because he loved her so dearly.

He thought there were no secrets between them. He trusted his late wife with his life. The irony was that his late wife didn’t trust him enough to tell him the truth and it hurt deeply.

Xavier was reminded that she asked him never to remarry again. He didn’t know that his late wife was so selfish. She wanted him to grieve for her for the rest of his life.

He was reminded that his mother-in-law had been diagnosed with stomach cancer as well. He was puzzled because stomach cancer was not a hereditary disease. Was she really sick, or was it something to fool him? He wiped his tears, then he took his phone.

Then he dialed his trusted bodyguard, Wayne Butler, and asked him to bring three bodyguards with him. Also, he called Dr Smith, the Oncologist at the Taylor Private hospital.

He told him that they would be in the hospital in an hour’s time. He decided to take a shower; he then walked to his bedroom.

Xavier started undressing himself, then he walked to his bathroom and took a shower. He walked out of the bathroom wrapped with a towel around his waist.

He decided to wear casual clothes. He was wearing black jeans, a black sweater and black Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 38 running shoes and a black coat because it was chilly.

Then he went back to his study room and took Valencia’s file. His bodyguards were waiting for him outside the gate. He took the remote, then he opened the gate for his bodyguards.

A few minutes later, Wayne drove a black Maybach to the driveway followed by three black BMW luxury cars. They got out of the cars and stood beside their cars and waited for instructions. Xavier nodded at them, then he walked to Wayne’s car.

Wayne opened the back seat door for his boss. Wayne was puzzled to see his boss wearing all black since he didn’t like to wear anything black. He walked to the driver’s side, then he sat and waited for his boss’ instructions.

It was one in the morning. Xavier looked at his bodyguard and said, “Take me to the Moore mansion.”

Wayne was shocked to hear the Moore family name. His boss used to love them a lot when young Mrs Taylor was still alive. After the funeral, they started demanding benefits from the Taylor family. His boss gave in to them because of guilt.

Wayne was puzzled why they were going to the Moore family in the wee hours of the morning. He started driving, and the other bodyguards followed him. They reached the Moore residence in an hour’s time.

They parked outside the gate, then Wayne got out of the car and pressed the intercom. He introduced himself, then the gate was opened.

The bodyguards parked the cars in the driveway, then they walked to the door. Mr Moore was standing by the door wearing pajamas and a robe on top.

He smiled at his son-in-law, but Xavier looked at him with cold eyes. Mr Moore looked at his son-in-law with fear in his eyes.

His son-in-law was always respectful of him. He ushered them to the living room. Xavier looked at his father-in-law with cold eyes and said, “Mr Moore, I need to have a word with your wife.”

Mr Moore was puzzled when he heard his son-in-law addressed him as Mr Moore. He looked at him and replied, “Son, as you know that my wife is critically ill, I don’t want to disturb her.

She was tossing and turning. She had just fallen asleep now. Do you mind coming back later?” Xavier’s gaze was cold and said, “Mr Moore, my patience is limited. I want to see your wife now, or I will fetch her myself.”Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

Mr Moore was so scared. Did his son-in-law find out about their daughter’s illness? His knees became weak with fear. He walked to his bedroom to fetch his wife.

Valery was sitting on the bed rubbing her eyes. She tried to hug her husband, but his side was empty. She thought he was in the bathroom until she heard voices coming downstairs.

At that moment, her husband walked in and said, “Valery, our son-in-law is demanding to see you. I tried to chase him away to no avail. I don’t know if she found out about Valencia’s sickness.”

Valery shook her head and replied, “It’s impossible. Dr Morgan would never divulge our daughter’s sickness. He could lose his practice license.” Then she wore a gown on top of her pajamas and headed downstairs.