The Untouchable Ex-Wife

Leia froze, feeling as if every fiber of her being was jolted while her heart raced.

She turned towards Xavier and feigned nonchalance as she scoffed. “I have to give it to

you-you really know your way around a girl’s heart. But I’m immune now, so just spare me.’

In fact, it was almost a habit for him to flirt-to speak ambiguously, then make a clean break

from her when she was lost in love. When that happened, she would not even cry…

Hah! That was why no matter how much her heart raced for him-no matter how much she

loved him, she was not about to fall for the same trap.

All those ambiguous words, stirring emotions, and enigmatic affection? She would rather

live without those!

“Really? What a shame…” Xavier trailed off.

However, a hunter as experienced as he understood that Leia was just being obstinate and

not actually eager to leave.

As such, he walked up to her, staring at her dainty, fresh face as he wiped the pepper sauce

staining the corner of her lips, and said slowly, “Ruthless, aren’t you? Leaving just as I finally

found my resolve to get in the game.”

deflated as she gulped, “What do you

game’?”

you, Miss Leia Osborn, to clean this messy

be my new

my room? What

finish, Xavier had leaned in to kiss her in the next instant-

closed as he locked his lips against hers with

eyelashes brushing against

would flutter.

strange coincidence of metaphors since Leia did feel

like she could take flight-her toes and fingers stiffened as she

as if she had

closing her eyes

a long while, he asked with

this definitive

air, leaving it

and shyly lowered her head, not unlike a virgin that just had a

forbidden fruit, as she murmured meekly, “l-l

mind wander anymore, and feel with your heart,” Xavier

solemnly.

and almost too used to

the ready to bewitch the

his charm seemed to fly out

so hard to believe and

Does that