Xavier's P.O.V
"If I had ever considered one thing, it was that I never wanted to get close to Adriana. All I'd wanted was to take money from her parents. That was my plan: simple, no entanglements. But she'd somehow managed to get tangled in my life, a thorn that wouldn't quit. And here I was, once more cleaning up after a mess.
I lay in my bed, annoyance churning in my stomach as I was running it all through my head. Every time I thought about Adriana and her family's debt, my chest would tighten down because a mix of anger and frustration filled my chest. It was supposed to be simple-just money. But nothing about this situation was simple anymore, and I couldn't get rid of the feeling that with every step, I was further entangling myself in something I never wanted.
A knock at the do
