Allison's POV

It feels like someone has poured freezing water over all the heat in my body. The words "Xander's fiancee" keep ringing in my head. I turn to him, hoping that he'll deny it, but he just looks stunned.

"Xander, is it true?" I ask.

The question pulls him out of whatever thoughts he had been drowning in.

"No, it isn't," he replies. "Catherine is my ex-girlfriend, Allison."

His eyes beg me to believe him, and I want to. I don't want anything to get between us so soon after we overcame the previous hurdle. But there are too many thoughts churning in my head. I can't think clearly,...