XAVIER’S POV

“Why would Melissa hire a private investigator?”

That question refused to leave my head. It echoed like a drumbeat that wouldn’t quiet down, a sound that bled into every corner of my mind no matter how hard I tried to shut it out.

I thought of a dozen reasons, maybe more.

Was she trying to dig into my past? Was she curious about something I had done? Did she not trust me? Or maybe… maybe it wasn’t about me at all. Maybe it was about someone else. But ...