|Xavier's POV|
God, I cannot believe how f*****g stupid I have been. I have been thinking that detaching myself from Sage is for her own good but I forgot to take into account the fact that she has already been through so much in life that my detachment would probably feel like her own fault to her.
How could I do this to her? f*****g i***t!
"But..." Sage whispers, "protecting me how?"
And I have to admit that the way she asks that question has me questioning all those logics that I gave myself and all of them now seem extremely stupid.
I sigh, looking away from her as I rub the back of my neck, "I just thought that if I detached myself from you, if I didn't show as much affection, there would be a smaller chance of you getting hurt at my hands." I tell her and I see an array of e
