Possession: Confession 2 (The Confession Series) by T.S. Reed

Author:T.S. Reed [Reed, T.S. & Reed, T.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-01-13T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter twenty-two

Katerina

There was a broken sort of sadness that settled on Xavier’s shoulders tonight – sadness that scares me – and as I watch him strip from his shirt and trousers in the dim light of my bedside lamp, I don’t know what to say or do. Hearing his brother announce that the woman he had once loved is pregnant shook Xavier. I watched as his composure crumbled for a moment and agony etched itself over his entire body, before he closed his eyes and buried it deep in the recesses of his being.

His silence stretches between us, just as it did when we said our goodbyes to Ms Velara and her husband, just as it had when Leo silently nodded from where he stood just behind his father, just as it had the entire ride to my shabby little apartment, and I don’t know if I should break it.

He doesn’t say anything as he climbs in beside me and lays on his back, his eyes wide open and his mind miles away. He doesn’t whisper a word when I roll onto my side and tuck in beside him, my head on his chest and my arm wrapped around his waist. He doesn’t speak when his arm wraps around me and he turns and buries his face in my hair. He just breathes and I wait. I wait for him to say whatever it is he needs to say.

Time slips past us slowly as we lay together and I trace the patterns of his tattoos with my fingertips and soon his hand wraps around mine, stilling my movement and holding my hand over his heart.

“I’m sorry,” he whispers.

“You don’t have to apologize.” I twist slightly, pressing a kiss against his chest, and Xavier sighs. “Are you okay?”

There is a heaviness in the room as I wait for his response and I don’t know how to lift it.

“It hurt me to hear that they’re having a child, Katerina,” he admits. “It hurts to think that my brother is having a child with the woman I thought I would marry. It hurt because she told me it wasn’t something she wanted. And I wanted it, Katerina. I wanted it so badly.”

My throat dries and my eyes moisten with his words and when I push up to look at Xavier, he is looking at me.

“Is – is it still something you want? Badly?” My voice is barely audible and I fear it will break if I speak any louder.

Xavier’s hand comes to cup my face and I am shaking as he brushes the apple of my cheek with his thumb. I had hoped for time, for moments with him to experience comfort and kindness and the warmth he brings to my restless mind, but panic consumes me now as he looks at me with the depths of denial etched into his frown and honey coated lies testing his voice.

“Honestly?”

I nod.

“I think it’s always something I will want, Katerina.” His beautiful whiskey eyes are

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