"Xavier, tell me what have you been hiding from me?" I asked, the urgency in my voice was obvious as I tugged at his arm and kept my gaze steady on him.
"The reason I agreed to marry you even though you were pregnant with your ex-husband's child…" he began in a low voice, his eyes still closed as his cheeks still red, with a dazed look that was stretched across his face. I could still smell the alcohol in his breath as he spoke. Anticipation and fear was written all over my face as I waited for his answer. "I… I wanted revenge."
As the last word left the tip of his tongue, I felt my heart sink to the pit of my stomach within a split second. "You… what?" I asked, stammering as I struggled to get the words out of my throat. "Revenge?" I repeated with a frown etched between my brow and confusion swirling in the depths of my dark eyes.
