LVIII

Aoife was sleeping while Matt looked at her, assuring her protection from his best friend, Xander. His eyes become wet while caressing her cheeks. She feared Xander, and somehow Matt knew it was his fault to let Aoife get close to the man who would never understand a pure heart.

“It’s all my fault. Aoife, because of me, you are enduring this much pain.” He whispered.

He remembers the day when he saw her for the first time. The way she suppressed her lips and lied to him was that she fell on the stairs. He knew Zareena had hurt her.

Her simplicity made him fall in love with her instantly.

Later, when she opens up with him, he finds himself lucky to find a pure girl like her. He was about to open his heart when he saw Xander’s attitude change in Aoife’s presence.

Aoife was changing Xander, and it’s a good sign for him.

He thought of sacrificing his love for Xander. To give him a chance to fall in true love. Xander deserves this chance.

He backed himself from not showing his feelings to