Xavier's POV Sometimes, being a man means that you have to do the hard thing just because it is the right thing to do. This means that I had to be comfortable with the uncomfortable. As a newly married man, the last thing I expected was to face the kind of problems I am facing as a man. Marrying Hope was supposed to protect her. It was supposed to be the one that made me certain that she would be protected at all times. At the time, I was thinking about the cartel and the dangerous men I was dealing with because even in the underground world, we have a code, we are not animals so we rules set in place. Of course, at the time, I didn't know that the threat would be closer to home. I never thought that Grant of all people would hate me so much. He exposed my and son to danger. He broke t