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Amelia's POV I heard shuffling and opened my eyes to see Xavier awake staring at the ceiling. Instead of alerting him of my consciousness I laid there admiring him. The sharpness of his jaw, the light reflecting in his eyes. The redness of his lips that parted slightly exposing hi- "Good morning Amelia," he whispered his eyes still trained on the ceiling. "Good morning Xavier," "Are you okay?" I asked moving my hand to his chest. "Yeah....just thinking," "About what?" "I want to get to know her," he said looking over to me. "But," I said knowing there was one. "There is some resentment in me," "Just give it a chance find out why she left, and if it's something you can forgive you work on the relationship if not you move on. But either way I'm right here," I told him truthfully he leaned forward kissing my forehead. "Do you like her?" "I do,"