Chapter 55
- Xavier’s POV
- Mia’s words hit me like a freight train. Reject me. She hadn’t shouted, hadn’t pleaded, but the weight of those three words was enough to shake me to my core.
- I stood there, frozen, watching her retreating back as she stormed toward the stairs. She didn’t even glance over her shoulder. Not once. It was like we didn’t exist to her anymore—as if the bond we shared meant absolutely nothing.