Xavier's POV
I thought that I could do it, that I could be in the same place as Hope and not lose my sh**. I don't know what is happening to me but I don't like it. Hope told me that the night we spent together all those years ago was something that should have never happened, she said that she was in a bad space and that she needed the money.
I get it. I am in no position to judge how she made her money considering the business I am in, but it kind of threw me off a bit. I have never had any woman tell me that they would have not slept with me if there was another way. It made me wonder if she could ever want to be with me simply because she wanted to, not because she had to.
Fine maybe there is a chip on my shoulder for thinking that I am irresistible, but Hope, she makes me feel li
