“Tell me, Xavier!” I pressed, my heart tearing with every moment of silence.

“I can’t tell you who they are, damn it!” He yelled, while muttering a string of curses under his breath.

His hands slipped into his hair.

His hands trembling and his eyes clouded with an emotion I could barely describe.

“Why?” I whispered, completely devastated.

He looked up to me, his eyes glistened with tears as he crossed the distance between us.

His hands moved to face, cradling it in his palm.

“I’m doing it to protect you, Leah.

Every single fucking thing I do is to protect you,” he rasped.

I bit on my lips hard...