CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE >>>
_XAVIER’S POV_
I was just about to sink into her heat when the door slammed open like a damn hurricane.
Bang.
My entire body tensed. Lisa gasped, eyes wide in panic, her arms immediately moving to cover herself.
And standing in the doorway like the devil himself—was him.
Uncle Raymond.
My father’s elder brother. A drunk. A gambler. A disgrace to the bloodline.
I clenched my jaw so tight it hurt. Of all the people to walk in, it had to be the one person I’d rather throw out a window than greet.
“Interrupting something, nephew?” he sneered, arms crossed, looking far too amused for someone who was this close to being throttled.
He always had that smug look on his face—like the world owed him something. Like my father’s success was his loss. Like I wa
