Page 121 of Hunter

Right away, I knew these feet didn’t belong to Xavier.

I frowned, my eyes slowly moving upward, taking in the dark jeans, not dissimilar to the ones Xavier wore, to the dark shirt that encased a big, muscular body, and finally, a pair of familiar, shock-filled blue eyes.

I blinked, so sure he was nothing more than a figment of my imagination—although why I would imagine him was questionable at best—yet he was still standing there…

In front of Xavier’s door.

“Kai?”

His blue eyes narrowed on me. I always felt that he didn’t like me, based on the looks he shot my way when we were in school, though I didn’t know what it was that I could have done to make that so.

Unless he knew about my being the witness to Roman Stone’s case, his dislike was uncalled for.

I fought against the sliver of fear trying to worm its way into my heart at the thought.

There was no way he knew.

My father would have made sure of that.

“What are you doing here?” I asked. “How do you know Xavier?”

He frowned. “Xavier?”

His voice was deep and gruff, and I realized this was the first time I had ever heard him talk. We never interacted around campus. I didn’t know what his major was, but it wasn’t in Illustration and Graphic Design.

We had shared no classes together.

I pointed at Xavier’s door. “That’s who you’re here to see, right?”

The confusion cleared from his face. “Right.”

“He’s not home.”

He nodded, eyeing me curiously, his gaze unwavering. I tried hard not to shift too much on my feet when it seemed like he wouldn’t say anything. I felt scrutinized, and my cheeks burned for some reason.

“Do you know him well?” Kai finally asked.

“Uh…” How did I go about answering this? That I had mind-blowing sex with him and imagined my future with him, despite knowing my parents would never approve, especially since they had been bugging me to go out on a date with my mom’s friend’s son. Still, I didn’t think I knew Xavier all that well.

I finally just shrugged.

“Right. I’m gonna go,” he said.

He nodded toward me and walked to the elevator.

I watched him for a beat before moving toward my apartment door, my mind racing.

Kai knew Xavier?

Enough to be stopping by his apartment.

How did Kai know Xavier, though?

And why did Kai seem so surprised to see me here?

I closed the door behind me and let the grocery bags drop to the floor, leaning my back against the door and looking around, feeling so confused, I didn’t know what to think anymore.

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