Chapter 14

The accusations hurled at Xavion were like needles pricking his heart, leaving him in unbearable torment. Seeing him remain silent, Zara only grew more enraged. She was determined to get answers right there and then. "Does your silence mean you're admitting it? Are you saying Camryn is more important to you than I am? That you never saw her as my stand-in but as your girlfriend? That you've fallen for her? Xavion, tell me the truth!" Xavion's fragile composure teetered on the edge of collapse when he was bombarded with the questioning of someone he had once deeply loved. He knew that tonight, many truths he'd been avoiding would come to light, and a resolution was inevitable. But as Zara—the woman he had been thinking about for a decade—stood before him, he couldn't bring himself to deny what she said. He couldn't say no. He couldn't deny that Camryn had been his girlfriend. A thousand days and nights spent together—holding hands, sharing kisses, embracing each other... Without