Chapter 52Lsabella's pov : Xavier and I were awakened by a knock at the door. I glanced at the time and it was already ten o'clock in the morning. But it was still unnecessary to disturb a soldier who had just returned from a long mission at this hour, unless something important had happened. Xavier was still not fully awake, and he was clinging to my waist between half-asleep and not allowing me to leave. I tried hard to untangle his hands from around my waist, but when I released one hand, the other came back up. "Get off me!" Xavier's face wasn't red, his heart wasn't pounding, and he was clinging to me and pretending to sleep; I really didn't think he had this face until we confirmed the relationship. I grimaced and lifted the quilt right over his head, covering the whole thing

