Sky stepped out of the car just as Xavier was already walking away, fast, like the distance between them couldn’t grow quick enough.

The wind caught her blazer, whipping it against her legs, and her heels hit the pavement harder than they should have, every step jarring the sore parts of her body he’d left aching.

She didn’t even have a moment to take a breath before he was already several feet ahead of her, breezing through the crowd like he hadn’t spent the night fucking her senseless.

“Xavier,” she called out, jogging awkwardly in her heels. “Slow down.”

He didn’t.

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