Chapter 74

XANDER

I don't know what came over me. I wasn't sure if it was something new or just the old obsession I had with Adriana but the moment I walked into that room. I didn't want to go outside again.

And so, I did what any lovesick idiot like myself would do, I tried to make small talk.

The only hitch in that plan is, I have no idea how to make small talk. It wasn't a skill worth learning to me, so I never bothered.

I grew up with people trying to befriend me. Doing everything they could to get in my favor. And as I got older and more powerful, the number of people wanting and seeking my validation grew by the day. It was always them trying to impress me, trying to get my attention.

I didn't know how to do that. I knew much about raising kids as I did about wooing someone.

Especially a woman. I had a whole harem of them waiting for me to do as I pleased with them. Women that would fall to their knees offering their soul if I