"It means when I'm with you, I don't want to ever run away from anything. Selene, I won't say from the first day I met you but surely after I met you, I felt things I've never felt for another woman before. We had a mutual agreement from the beginning. You will continue to be my wife and I will help you with your revenge. But this time around, I want us to act like husband and wife because you mean the world to me."
Selene felt her heart skip a beat at Xavier's confession. She could tell from his slightly shaky hands that he was nervous.
She had never thought that Xavier Wallace was the kind of guy who gets nervous when he wants to confess his feelings for someone, and she was the someone. Warmth spread through her heart, touching every inch until all she could feel was the love she also had for him.
Xavier waited for Selene to speak, but she only stared at him.
