CHAPTER 34 Xavier stares at the photo of his father on his wall. They have not spoken to each other for a while and he feels the urge to reach out to him. Their shaky father and son relationship was strained the more after Aria had left him at the wedding gazebo. His father called him a failure and a disgrace to the Cruz family. He had stopped treating him like a son ever since that day and Xavier promised to do everything in his power to get his father to love him again. He picks up his phone from the table and scrolls through his contacts until his fingers rest above the name Mr. Cruz. Xavier always addressed his father as Mr. Cruz, no matter where they found themselves. To him, it was the greatest way he could show his respect and love for his father and all his accomplishments as

