Xavier Knight's POV

I came home and had just opened the door when I saw Sophia packing her things.

A surge of anger rose in my chest. I strode toward her, grabbed her arm, and asked with a sharp edge in my voice, "Did you forget your promise?"

She looked up at me, her eyes wide with alarm, but said nothing. That silence—fragile and evasive—only deepened my sense of betrayal.

I lowered my head and kissed her hard.

Her body ...