Chapter 101

“I actually thought you’d be much different-looking in person,” Xavier said to his private detective while he swirled a glass of wine in his hand.

“How so? You thought I’d be taller?” Private, as he was known asked with a smirk. That was usually the first thing people said whenever they found out about his job or saw him face to face for the first time.

“Definitely. And i thought you’d be more mysterious generally,” Xavier completed.

“I get that a lot,” he said with a chuckle. “Why did you ask to meet me in person?”

Xavier shrugged. “I realized I’d never seen the man that knows almost all my secrets and knows where to find out the rest.”

“I never said you couldn’t meet me. I’m not a hitman. People knowing my identity does not directly put me in danger,” Private said.

Xavier downed his eighth glass of wine that night and began to pour another.

“I suppose I just enjoyed the mystery,” Xavier slurred.

“Oh just forget it. I know you already know what I look like. You ran a background