|Sage's POV|
I stare at Xavier with a defeated look in my eyes, knowing well enough that being a man, he would never understand the turmoil that is going on inside me right now.
He would never see the importance of a wedding day in my life because for him, those things have never mattered— especially with the kind of family that he comes from...we both come from.
Since childhood, the two of us have been groomed in a certain way.
Him for his responsibilities as the next successor of the Genovese empire and I for my duties as his future wife.
He was always meant to rule. To own.
Whether it is this city, his company, or me.
People don't know it, and they would never accept it if someone were to say this to their faces but every single one of them living in this large city of New
