Xavier's fingers clenched tighter.
He was trying to forget, yet every word Clara spoke only reminded him of every bit of Adelyn's betrayal.
To him, Clara didn't seem wrong.
Her words didn't seem wrong.
After all, while they had all desperately searched for Adelyn, she had stayed somewhere out there —alive and living her life.
She had deliberately remained hidden, leaving them behind to suffer in guilt.
His jaw tightened.
Just then—
Clara suddenly looked up at him.
"No ... no, Xavier," she said, shaking her head. "Don't listen to what I just said. I didn't mean any of it. I really didn't."
She slowly took a step back, as though only now realizing the terrible mistake she had made.
