The villa had grown strangely quiet the next day. After breakfast, everyone seemed eager to escape into town for shopping...everyone except Cody and Stella. They claimed they'd rather stay back, saying they wanted to "chill" and "have a lazy day." But Xavier hardly cared.
He was downstairs at first, pretending to watch TV with them. Laughter drifted from the screen, but the sound barely touched him. His jaw was set, his shoulders tight, his entire body restless as if something inside him was clawing for release.
Cody, slouched across the couch with a bag of chips, glanced at him with that sharp eye of his. "She still hasn't come out," he muttered.
Xavier's brow twitched. "Who?"
"Sasha," Stella answered before Cody could. She was sitting on the rug, scrolling on her phone, but her eyes
