# Chapter 56: Answers That Cut Deeper Than Silence
Hello everyone, it's me again! How are you all doing? Today I will continue to walk with you and review Chapter 56 of "The Untouchable Ex Wife"—a chapter where old flames reignite, fragile new bonds are tested, and one devastating question hangs in the air, unanswered. If you thought the drama had cooled down, think again. This is the moment where truths are spoken, lies are exposed, and hearts are left bleeding in the open.
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The air in that room was thick enough to choke on.
Shirley stood there, poised and unshakable, every word she uttered landing like a perfectly aimed arrow. She wasn't just arguing—she was dismantling Leia piece by piece, and Leia could feel herself shaking from the inside out.
Because deep down, she knew Shirley was right.
Everyone knew Xavier's reputation. He was the infamous playboy, the man whose name was whispered in scandalous gossip columns, linked to one beautiful woman after another. Yet despite all that, those women threw themselves at him willingly, desperate for even a sliver of his attention. But Shirley? She was different. She was the one Xavier chased. The one he enslaved himself to, willingly, completely, like a man possessed.
And that alone made Leia pale in comparison. No matter how hard she tried, she could never measure up to the woman Xavier had *chosen*—not out of convenience, but out of genuine, consuming love.
Shirley took her time studying Leia, her gaze dripping with disdain as she shook her head slowly.
"If my hunch is right, you must be the thick-skinned type who chased Xavier around for a long time before he finally got interested, right?"
The words were a slap. Leia stiffened, but Shirley wasn't finished.
"If you've been around Xavier long enough, you'd know that you're not his type at all. He just happened to need someone to help him through this painful time—or, if I had to put it plainly, beggars can't be choosers. Anything is fine. Even if it wasn't you, it would have been someone else."
She paused, letting the poison sink in before delivering the final blow.
"And now that I'm back, you're just pointless as a replacement."
The silence that followed was deafening.
Leia felt her world tilt. Every insecurity she had buried deep, every doubt she'd tried to ignore, came rushing to the surface. Was it all true? Was she nothing more than a stand-in, a convenient bandage for a wound that hadn't healed?
Xavier couldn't take it anymore.
"Enough!"
His voice cut through the tension like a blade, sharp and desperate. His eyes were bloodshot, brimming with a pain that had been festering for far too long.
"How unreasonable can you get? You're the one who gave up, and now you're being clingy? How did I hurt you when you were the one who refused to let me be happy?!"
Shirley was the first woman he had ever taken seriously. The first one who made him willing to abandon his womanizing ways, to hand over his heart completely. He had been hell-bent on making her the happiest woman in the world, ready to give her everything and more.
And how did she repay him? By trampling all over that passionate heart, leaving nothing but a bloody, unrecognizable mask in its wake.
So what if he loved her? So what if she was his one and only? He was tired. So incredibly tired of playing this endless, painful game. Now, all he wanted was someone comfortable—someone to share quiet mornings and peaceful evenings with, to live a life of plain contentment.
Shirley's expression softened—not with regret, but with the confidence of a woman who knew she held all the cards.
"I was just confused and made a mistake, Xavier. Give me a chance to make things right, alright?"
She held his gaze, and with every step she took forward, she demolished the fort he had so carefully built around his broken heart.
"You know you love me. You just needed someone to rebound with. But that won't work, and you'd only end up hurting others in return. Don't you think this is very selfish of you?"
Xavier's eyes flickered. His fingers clenched into fists at his side.
Because he had to admit—her words more or less brought him to his senses.
Despite his vow from the night before, now that his head was clear and the fog had lifted, he began to wonder: did he actually love Leia at all?
Even he couldn't tell.
And Leia could see it all. Every ounce of Xavier's pain, every flicker of confusion in his eyes—it tore her apart, second by agonizing second. She understood, with devastating clarity, that the answer she was about to ask for might destroy everything.
But she had to know.
"Do you love me, Xavier?"
The question hung between them, fragile and trembling.
Xavier's eyes quivered. His lips parted, then closed. Silence stretched like an endless void.
He could not answer.
Leia let out a soft breath, a bitter smile tugging at her lips.
"Fine. I get it."
She said it so nonchalantly, as if the question hadn't mattered in the first place. As if her heart wasn't shattering into a thousand pieces behind that calm mask.
"I know that you're just confused. Don't worry—I won't bother you anymore. So do have a proper talk with the star actress. It's not easy finding true love these days, so learn to cherish what you have."
She patted him on the shoulder and shrugged, the picture of unconcern. Then, with a final twist of the knife, she added:
"I won't lie. I was playing too."
And with that, she walked away—leaving Xavier standing there, dumbfounded, wondering if he had just been played by two women all along, or if the woman who just left was the only one who had been truly, devastatingly real.
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What a heart-wrenching chapter! Watching Leia hold her head high while her heart broke silently was both admirable and painful. Her final words—"I was playing too"—were clearly nothing but armor, a desperate attempt to save face and walk away with dignity intact. The real tragedy here is Xavier's paralysis; he loves Shirley, yet he's too wounded to admit it, and in that hesitation, he might have just lost something genuine. Shirley, on the other hand, is a fascinating antagonist—confident, calculating, and honestly, she reads Xavier like an open book.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4.7 / 5 Stars
Next Chapter Prediction: With Leia walking away and claiming she was just playing all along, Xavier is about to enter a dangerous game of confusion and regret. We may see him chasing after Leia to seek clarity—not out of love, but out of a bruised ego—which will only entangle their hearts further. Meanwhile, Shirley's manipulative hold tightens, and the stage may be set for an unexpected twist: perhaps a secret from the past emerges that flips Shirley's "perfect" narrative entirely on its head.
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