Chapter 22

Xavier’s POV

When I had asked Zoe to join me for a formal lunch, I had promised myself that I would keep my personal and work life separate.

But then she had showed up looking so formal and gorgeous. I was amazed at her dressing sense, she always looked like she had a professional designer and stylist dress her up.

She loved showing off her undercut and always had her hair on the opposite side, accentuating the haircut. She was different, she knew it and made sure that no one forgot it. Not that anyone who had met her even once could easily forget someone like her.

I kept blaming Spike for everything I did that I had not done for any woman except Claire, my only true love. So, stubbornly I kept believing that it was Spike that made me want to get up to greet her or pull her chair or flirt with her.

I had started to imagine a lot of different ways this lunch could go but not the one that actually happened.

Alyssa had called out with John on her arm and as much as I loved my sister,