Oh great! Now he was playing the clueless little man. I didn't have time for this. I hadn't slept in a long while and I would love to cradle my head on a pillow right at that moment. What I did not need was a pretence.
"Xavier, we don't have time for this. Are you better? So can we go home?"
"Wait a sec," he interrupted, sitting up straighter on his butt. "You thought... That was an act?"
"No," I said sweetly. "I think all this is. And please let's not pretend you care about me when no one is there. It's weird."
I probably sounded callous and cruel, but I was sleepy, cranky and honestly, in Susie's words, I didn't give a s**t. If he could treat me like s**t, then I could do the same.
Xavier looked shocked. He opened his mouth, did something weird with it as if he was tryin
