Female Novel
Chapter 130
Panic gripped Joan's chest and words were lodged in her throat. Fane had done everything for her. He
had only agreed to this false marriage and to take Ivan's place in the military because he wanted her to
receive proper medical treatment.
She did not know any of this when she was confined t o the sickbed. It was only after she was
discharged from the hospital that the doctor handed her Fane's letter, and she found out about the
entire situation.
Throughout these five years, she had been fearful, too. She feared that Fane would die on the
battlefield.
Plenty of people also told her that her son was dead. H e would not have remained silent all thesenovelbin
years otherwise.
She could only pray for her son as she waited for him t o come back.
At this moment, they heard the quiet whirr of an approaching electric scooter. Fane and Selena were o
n the scooter, finally home. They parked the vehicle inside the garden.
"Fane, are you okay? I heard that you beat up the Drakes' bodyguards. Is it true?"
Joan immediately leaped forward and asked Fane, overwhelmed with worry.
"Oh, I did beat them up, but don’t you worry. Everything’s fine!"
Fane smiled as he spoke nonchalantly.
"See? See? He admitted it himself! How can he be fine after beating up the Drakes' bodyguards?"
"Yeah. You’ve done nothing but drag the Taylors down with you for the past five years, Fane. I suggest
you leave. How can everything be fine after you provoked the Drake family?"
Xena shot Fane a disdainful look. "You're a grown man, and yet you don't know what you can and can’t
d o. You even made Selena help you extort 300,000 from her mother. It’s ransom money, isn't it? Thank
goodness, Aunt Fiona is smart enough to not have complied. Otherwise, it would've been gone for
nothing!"
Fane could not help but flash a mirthless smile at Xena's condescending demeanor. "Now I get why
Selena doesn't like you that much. You sure talk a lot for someone who's an outsider in this family. Why
do you care so much although you're just Ben's girlfriend?”
"You-"
Xena was so furious that she suddenly did not know how to retort.
"Hmph! Fane Woods, are you trying to revolt?"
Fiona placed her hands at her hips. "I still haven't acknowledged you as my son-in-law. You’re the
outsider here, don't you know that? Xena has been with my son for two years now. She's practically his
fiancee, and she’s already a daughter-in-law to us. She’s not an outsider!”
"That's right!”
Xena immediately lifted her chin when Fiona spoke u p for her, her confidence returned. "Even if Uncle
Andrew and Aunt Fiona haven't acknowledged me yet, I'm practically Ben’s heart and soul. Besides,
Ben and I aren’t far from marriage either! Besides, Ben would have been well-off if not for you, and I
wouldn't have to suffer like this!"
"Tell me, how did you two manage to get the Drake family to release you? I think you gave that few
hundred thousand to them first, and so they let you come back to take more money. Is that right?"
"Even if they want money, I'd never fork out a single cent to compensate for those bodyguards. Not for
some trash like you!"
Fiona noticed that Fane stood rooted to his spot, completely still. She carried the luggage bag over and
held it out toward him. "We just bought this. Think of i t as our last gift for you. Take it and go; the
further the better. You might still live this way, that is if the Drake family can’t find you!"
Thinking for a moment, she then added, "Oh, and take your mother with you. She's an outsider in our
family too!"
"Ma, what the hell are you talking about?"
Selena could not take it anymore after watching the entire exchange. She stepped forward and
snatched the suitcase away. "Fane did beat up the Drakes’ bodyguards, but seriously, everything's fine.
Not only did Miss Tanya allow him to continue going to work tomorrow, but she even arranged a private
chalet for him at the Drake family's estate. He'll be able to rest there during his breaks, and he can
even stay there if h e doesn't want to come back!"
"I-Impossible. You’re lying! He beat up the Drake family's bodyguards. How can everything be fine?"
Fiona was completely taken aback, a stupefied expression on her face.