“Hey, gorgeous.” Xavier beamed as he ran up to me. I greeted him back with a small smile. His beautiful blue eyes stared right into my soul, and his smile faded into a frown with his eyebrows starting to furrow. He put a hand on my shoulder, and the other hand cupping my cheek. “What’s wrong? You’re smiling, but your eyes seem sad. Did something happen back there?”
I pursed my lips and forced a reassuring big smile.
“I’m good, babe.” I said as I took both of his hands and held them with mine.
“Are you sure?” He asked, worry was still evident in his eyes.
I let out a small sigh, trying to mask away my sadness, and answered with a lie, “Yeah. Everything’s good, except for the part where I dropped your cake on the ground. I’m really sorry.”
He smiled warmly at me and pulle
