Emery POV
I lied to Anna about Xavier going on a business trip, and now he was leaving for real?
I chewed on the inside of my cheek as I stared at his message. I wanted to reply and asked him when he was coming back and why he was suddenly travelling so late at night.
There was so much I wanted to say to Xavier, but I can't bring myself to utter a word. Not after witnessing the way he rejected Anna because of me.
Watching what happened between Anna and him made me happy and scared at the same time.
Happy that he chose me and scared by the way my heart flipped and felt warm with the thought that there is a man in the world who was able to calm all my silly insecurities, and it wasn't Asher.
It's supposed to be Asher, not Xavier.
I flipped my phone screen on my nightstand and sh
