Chapter 421

After several days without a bath, her scalp had been itching unbearably, so she'd washed her hair.

"How's your concussion? Feeling any better?" Xavier felt her twist her shoulder out of his grasp, leaving his hand as cold and vacant as his heart.

With all his might, he suppressed his sorrow so that it wouldn't show on the outside. Her well-being mattered more than his feelings.

"I'll be fine. I just need a few days' rest," Willow replied. "If there's nothing else, I'd like to get back now."

As she turned away to leave, Xavier declared, "We're going to go grab a bite to eat, together." He tried to make it sound assertive, as though she didn't get a say in the matter.

"I've already eaten."

"You've had dinner. Time for dessert." He opened his car door, invitingly.

Willow frowned. "I'm not hungry."

"Alright! I guess I'll go have a chat with Jasper, then!" Xavier snapped, delivering an implied threat.

She obediently got into his car, and Xavier drove

a short ride, they arrived at a fine dining restaurant. It

by the window, looking out upon a beautiful garden with a fountain

a cloud of mist that gave the whole place

a steak. It looked delicious. It smelled

it would have been extraordinarily delicious... to someone who'd come here with

instead. She'd had a lot to eat for dinner. There had even

cuisine was no more appetizing than the plate it was

her knife

can

to have a romantic dinner date together... she found it deeply irksome. Xavier averted his gaze to hide the pain in his eyes. "So you won't even share a meal with me anymore? I suppose you'd

had a whole lot to eat, earlier. The company at

you. If you'd have me, I'd lay the whole world at your feet. I could

He just sat there,

determination to have this conversation with her. All his

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