Page 138 of Hunter

My phone and his phone rested on the bedside table, charging.

My heart thudded harshly against my chest at the thoughts crossing my mind.

Could I do this?

Hesitantly, I reached out my hand for his phone.

Xavier shifted slightly behind me, and I paused, waiting a while and listening to his breathing.

When that didn’t change, I continued until I had the device in my palm.

I unplugged it, cursing silently when it made a small ping, and holding the phone close to my chest.

I took three deep breaths to calm my racing heart and pulled the covers over my head.

I looked at his phone.

It wasn’t locked.

Who doesn’t have a lock on their phone these days?

I didn’t know, but I wasn’t going to look at a gift horse in the mouth.

It took me a moment to gather my courage to pull up the messaging app on his phone.

I read the texts he exchanged with Micah, but they might as well be talking in code because the text messages made no sense.

There were random words all over the place, like tree, house, car, and street, and at one point, it seemed like Micah was telling him a… bedtime story?

What the hell?

I got out of the message thread and looked at the next person on his text list.

Me.

Then…

My heart ran cold.

Dominic?

It couldn’t bethatDominic, right?

But Kai had shown up in front of his apartment.

And there were messages from Kai as well.

One thread caught my attention.

He was talking to Xavier, I was sure of it.

But-But, he wasn’t using the nameXavier.

I read the line over and over again, trying to make sense of what I was really seeing.

“Roman, u need to call Dad.”

Dad, as in Dominic.

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