CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Harper’s POV
The ride home was much quieter than I expected.
I sat beside Xavier in the back seat while the city lights passed outside the window. My body was exhausted after practice, but my mind refused to rest.
Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the same scene again.
The players walking away from Xavier’s side, the whispers, the doubtful looks.
The way everyone believed I would make his team lose.
I lowered my head and clasped my hands together. “I’m sorry.”
The words came out so softly that I almost thought he hadn’t heard them.
Beside me, Xavier looked up from the documents he had been reading. “For what?”
I forced myself to meet his eyes. “They left your team because of me, they think I’m too weak, gebh think I’ll make everyone lose, they thought having
