Chapter 447

"Was Xavier acting like that because I got hurt?" The memories seemed to pull Scarlett deeper and deeper. She could still feel Xavier's warm breath lingering on her face, and her quickening heartbeat was something she hadn't wanted to admit earlier. Frustrated, she punched the pillow beside her and sternly ordered herself to stop overthinking. This wasn't something she could just make wild guesses about. Suddenly, a WhatsApp notification sound came from her phone. It wasn't a reply from Xavier, but a message from Caleb. And it was good news—Caleb was in a relationship. He even shared a photo of himself with his girlfriend, captioned "Me and the love of my life!" Even before opening the whole image, Scarlett felt the woman in the blurry thumbnail looked familiar. A strange sense of foreboding crept over her, as if she had done something wrong. Sure enough, the moment the image finished loading, it was unmistakably that same young woman Scarlett had run into before. Now, she was s