Page 122 of Hunter

Trinity’s wordsran over my mind, again and again, the next day.

Along with Kai’s visit.

And Xavier’s brother, Micah.

Things didn’t seem so bad when I was with Xavier, but the longer he left me alone, the more I mulled over things, and it might just be my overactive imagination, but there were hundreds of scenarios running through my head on the mystery of Xavier—

I didn’t even know his last name.

There were a lot of things we didn’t know about each other, and I didn’t know why I didn’t think to ask them before now.

Perhaps I was just too caught up in his addictive presence, but the more time I spent with him, the more enigmatic he’d become, until I wondered if I actually knew who Xavier was.

And if things weren’t too bad, if the truth couldn’t scare me, wouldn’t he open up in sharing them with me?

Xavier was out at work… whatever the hell it was that he really did. As much as I wanted to bury my head in the sand, I couldn’t stop the feeling that he wasn’t telling me the truth about his job, or at the very least, he wasn’t telling me the whole truth.

But what would that be, unless…

Unless the truth wasn’t a pretty one.

Unless the truth would make me run away from him.

Yet, even knowing this, I didn’t think I was capable of running from him.

It would have to take something pretty drastic for that to be the case.

He had been gone since yesterday morning.

We had texted back and forth in between, but it wasn’t constant. It seemed that whatever Xavier did, he was busy with it, and I was feeling… restless.

Was I really doing nothing more than setting myself up for heartbreak?

I didn’t know.

I let out a tired sigh.

The sun had long ago set, and it looked like it would be another evening without Xavier.

I quickly got ready for bed and climbed in, looking up at my ceiling.

I should be happy with this new relationship.

Especially since I hadn’t felt this much chemistry with anyone in… forever.

Instead, I was lying here, overthinking. I didn’t want to overthink.

I just wanted to be like other girls.

The ones who could be excited about a blossoming new romance without feeling like there was some deep dark secret lurking nearby?

I wanted to fall in love with Xavier and not question it—if I wasn’t already halfway in love with him, that was.

But could you fall in love with someone you didn’t know?

I let out another tired sigh and turned off my bedside lamp, closing my eyes and praying I could fall asleep quickly.

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