Chapter 153: News of a baby (2)
Xavier exited the carriage and looked ahead at the home he never had plans of visiting until his grandfather woke up. It was just as gloomy as he remembered it as if you would drop dead the second you walked through the gates.
His grandfather succeeded in designing his home to scare others away.
Xavier walked up to the gates which opened when he got close enough. All he could think about was how nervous Selene would be if she ever came here so he wouldn’t bring her along at any point.
The closer Xavier got to the front door, the more eyes fell on him but no one approached him since they all knew who he was. Xavier recalled his grandfather not caring for too many interactions with outsiders. At most times, he rarely spoke to the other relatives.
"Lord Blackthorn," a servant greeted him at the door.
The visit from Xavier was quite unexpected since Xavier rarely visited. The servant was worried there would be trouble here. That shouldn’t happen since the master’s house needed to stay quiet so no one would accidentally wake him up. He might fry all of them if woke too early.
"Bring Jasper to me," Xavier said as he walked through the door.
"Right away."
Xavier was quite familiar with the one spying on him since it was the servant his grandfather used to keep by his side, caring for him like he was a son. Jasper was perhaps the one servant his grandfather trusted most to wake him at the right time and to relay to him any news about the Blackthorns.
While Jasper was a good servant to Xavier’s grandfather, he was a fool to Xavier now.
Xavier helped himself to his grandfather’s vast supply of wines he kept to drink when he would wake. Behind him, he heard the servants’ reactions to him picking up a bottle. "Tell him it was me who drank it. He will not do anything to you then."