“Are you planning on acknowledging me anytime soon?” Xavier asked after about an hour of silence. Amira was obviously working on her latest story. And as supportive as he was, he couldn’t tolerate her ignoring him so blatantly. “I’m writing,” she told him in a saccharine tone, a smirk tugging at the corner of her mouth. “I know that,” he iced out. “But still!” “I believe I didn’t ask you to come here and sit with me?” Although it was worded as a statement, she was making it into a question… and that unnerved him a little bit. She was playing with him, and probably enjoying it too. “Okay, suit yourself,” he bit out as his eyes narrowed on her laptop. “I’m still not budging from here.” God, he wanted to break something… preferably the laptop so she’d pay him some attention. But

