Lahat ng Kabanata ng Xavier's Obsession : Kabanata 41 - Kabanata 44

Audrey.Sometimes I think if Xavier knew everything, he’d stop looking at me the way he does.Like I’m good. Like I’m worth saving.Like all this—the way he hovers near me, the way he touches me so carefully, the way he texts me just to ask if I’ve eaten—is because he loves me.But he doesn’t really know me. Not the full version. Not the ugly, scarred, cracked-open pieces that had to survive long before Brandon ever happened.He knows the aftermath. The bruises and the blood. The hospital photos, the scars I couldn’t hide. But that’s just a chapter. There’s a whole damn book before that, and most of it doesn’t have happy endings.Xavier doesn’t know the things I’ve done. The people I’ve tricked. The way I’ve used my body just to stay warm, just to eat, just to make it through the night. He doesn’t know how survival can twist a person into something unrecognizable—and how easy it is to become numb when no one is watching.He thinks he loves me. But he’s in love with the part of me that

Audrey. I wake up to light. Soft, quiet morning light spilling through cream curtains and warming my skin. The bed is warm too—sheets cocooned around me, faint scent of bergamot clinging to the pillows. I smile. He carried me. I don’t remember getting into bed. Which means he must’ve lifted me from the couch sometime last night and brought me here. I should feel embarrassed. But all I feel is… safe. Still lying down, I turn to the other side. And there he is. Xavier. Asleep. I don’t move. His face is relaxed, the lines of worry smoothed out in his sleep as he breathes softly and steadily. His lashes are thick, resting against his cheekbones as his hair covers part of his face. His lips are soft and full and so red and right now, they are parted slightly in a gentle pout. He looks unfairly beautiful in a way that makes stare at him. I know I shouldn’t. But I do. The way the sunlight cuts across his jaw reminds me of the very first time I saw him. That night at