Xavier's POV

I stared at my phone again. Still no response. Pathetic how I keep checking it, as if my desperation could somehow will her message into existence.

Call after callvoicemail. Texts left on read. Nothing from Mia for days.

I threw the phone onto the table, cursing under my breath. "We pushed her too far." And I let it happen. I could have stopped this.

"Yeah?" Sean's voice cut from the side of the room. "What gave that away? The public humiliation or ...