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Chapter 36 - The Deal: I’ll Humour You

CHAPTER 36

~Author's POV~

The area was still unsettled after the gunfight. Police sirens hummed in the distance, and a few people peeked from hiding spots. 

Hidden behind a van, Zevran's man kept his eyes fixed on Xavier as he watched him approach his car with a woman and a child, still in his disguise.

Xavier carried a little girl in one arm, her tiny hands wrapped around a massive teddy bear that blocked her face and part of his. Beside him walked a woman — the same one he had kissed inside the mall.

The goon blinked. Then his jaw slackened just slightly. The man stiffened when Xavier's head turned, and he quickly ducked, pressing his phone to his ear.

"Damn… that's really him."

He snatched out his phone and dialled quickly, waiting for the call to connect. keeping his voice low.

"Boss… boss."

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