Xavier's POV
Things were going well with Hope. We had dinner and we were about to make love on the couch. Then she told me that she loved me. This is the first time I have heard her tell me that and instead of telling her that I love her too, I choked up.
I haven't told anyone those three words in years, even though things are going well between Hope and me, I never thought that she would be the first one to say them. Losing Anne messed me up and now Hope says those words that are messing me up as well.
Then the doorbell rang. I was literally saved by the bell. I didn't know what to do because she saw how I reacted. We had such a beautiful night, this is not how I wanted it to end. She went to answer the door. I went to the bar and poured myself a drink.
I took a stiff shot. I am wo
