Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Xavier was awake for a while but he had no intention to leave the bed yet. Not when Caroline was still sleeping, curled into him. She had a peaceful sleep the whole night except when he took her to bathe her. He was lying down on his back, one arm behind his head and other tracing soft patterns on her naked arm.

One thing he asked her to never sleep in clothes and she never said no. she never stopped him from touching her in public or private. She was never doubtful about her body. And this was something Xavier loved about her. She was a confident woman. She was never insecure. But…

His mind drifted to the conversation he had with Marcus a few days back.

‘I know Sean might have been staying low. I don’t know how and what Caroline told him to back off but he won’t stay down for long. And I am afraid he will speak it all to Caroline. He is not someone to let things go’. Marcus said swirling his whiskey in the glass.

‘And what do you expect me to do’? It’s not that Xavier didn