Shirley remained composed and confident as she argued, and that left Leia shaken.

She knew that Xavier was infamous for being a flirt, marred with scandals involving

numerous ladies. Still, they were willing to throw themselves at him. Only Shirley was

different-because Xavier was the one enslaving himself to her.

And that alone was why Leia paled in comparison.

“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?’

Shirley studied Leia from head to toe, shaking her head with disdain. “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, and even if it wasn’t you, it would be someone else.

“And now that I’m back, you’re pointless as a replacement.”

“Enough!”

himself any longer. ’How

up, and

when you were the one who refused to let me

bloodshot eyes were reddened in

woman he was willing to be serious with, the one he’d

then some, and he was hell-bent on

woman in

heart of passion was trampled all over, leaving a bloody mask. So

she

play this game.

with, to live with her in plain

mistake, Xavier. Give me a

alright?”

his gaze, demolishing the fort he had

just needed

return. Don’t you think this

flash, his fingers

more or less brought him to his

the last night’s vow, and now that his head was clear, he began to wonder

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