The second Halle stepped in, it felt like she was stepping into a fairytale picture, one that she had only seen in books or movies. The scene she was met by was breathtaking! The hall—no, the ballroom was spacious, so wide that it contained at least five hundred guests with still enough space left for the decorations, the performers, the tables and chairs, the servers, the buffet tables that stretched from one side of the room to another. Above her head hung crystal chandeliers, at least ten of them hovered over their heads, glowing red, a light blue, and a very bright golden color. The lights foregrounded the deco which was a blend of plain and bright colors coming together to make a magnificent view. The tables were covered in black and some white tablecloths, the chairs were all black, and in the middle of the tables rested different varieties of colorful flowers that didn’t take up much space but were still enough to beautify the table and make Halle just want to get a closer

"Why thank you,” Halle replied with a bow making the woman seated next to her burst into laughter again.“I honestly thought I would end up snapping at someone if I heard one more praise or compliment,” Victoria let out, she set her glass down on the side table and ran her hands up and down her silk dress.It looked so soft, Halle’s hand itched to touch it as well.“This is really a lot...” Halle sighed as she looked into the crowd, she noticed that a few steps away, Martha had Xavier by her side and they were talking to a couple whose eyes were widened in shock and their lips stretched with smiles that looked uncomfortable as they spoke to Xavier.Not everyone knew who he was.“I wonder how you guys do it...”“It isn’t easy...” Said Victoria still looking down at her fingers seemingly lost in thought.“That much I can tell you,” She sighed, “My brothers are men with a lot of power but they don’t really have to deal with the shit Xavier, Martha and I deal with, so they don’t u

It was quiet.The only thing that could be heard was their silent breathing, his eyes bored deep into hers and at that moment, Halle felt like her heart had come to a standstill.At that moment, nothing else mattered but she and the man whose fists were covered in the blood of another who hurt her, whose dark and seemingly empty eyes still burned with anger because of her, whose lips quivered slightly, and then his legs finally left that of the probably dead man on the floor.Xavier stood to his full height, making Halle’s hand slip from his shoulder, he caught it just in time and placed it on his chest, Halle could feel the hard and fast thumps of his heart beating against her palms.Her eyes widened slightly when she looked at their hands, the stark contrast his bloody hands and her now stained hand created.What had she just witnessed?She breathed out slowly, willing her feet to stay planted on the floor and not run for the hills like her reflexes told her to.Something tol

Halle stared long and hard at the door after it closed behind Xavier.She sat there, rooted deeply in shock and not sure she would be able to snap herself out of it anytime soon.The conversation they’d just had was far from what she expected, far from what she imagined he would say to her when he finally decided to give her an explanation as to why she was chosen.He still didn’t give her an answer she understood but he said something else that made all of her questions feel like they were not worth asking.Halle let out a shaky breath and clenched the sheets beneath her fingers, her cold fingers that managed to pale in comparison to the coldness of his own body.He was dying.He is—Halle sucked in a sharp breath she struggled hard to process the information, never in a million years did she imagine that a man as infuriating yet as strong as he was would be weakened by such a thing.This just proved that he was more human than any other man she’s been close to, he’s experien

“Xavier!” Horacio was up on his feet the second he spotted Xavier. Xavier fought the urge to roll his eyes knowing fully well that whatever conversation they were about to have was going to be a pain in the ass. Horacio and Xavier had some history, they used to be really good friends but then life happened, he found out Horacio lied a lot and so the distrust between them began, the only reason why they still see each other so regularly was that the guy is a fucking good doctor and Martha wouldn’t trust anyone else to handle his or the family’s health. “I was so shocked to see your text,” Horacio grinned as he sat back down once Xavier had reached the sofa, “I never knew you had a phone or even knew how to operate one!” Then he gasped in mock shock like he was being serious, picking up the glass of water that was set down in front of him. Who gave him water? Probably Tabitha, she like the man for reasons unknown to Xavier, despite Horacio’s terrible character that no one could hand