Chapter 283

Olivia's POV

I tried to sound as composed and neutral as possible. Tried to keep my voice up, not let it fail. Not letting it show that his presence was still very much affecting me. And I think I succeeded to some extent. The mood of the person I was talking to always seemed to have changed. He was now back in the chair opposite me and seemed less depressed. He even radiated a bit of euphoria, which also affected me, when he told me his name.

“Xavier. My name is Xavier." I nodded at him and let the name pass my lips.

"Xavier. Nice to meet you again." I smiled slightly because this situation seemed so suspicious to me, but I also seemed to have taken him off guard with my statement. Because his previously monotonous face now had a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth. That was probably the ice broken or at least something like that.

So while I tried to clarify all sorts of questions that I couldn't answer, Xavier did his best to give me t