Chapter 44

"What are you running around like that for?"

My heart beat faster at the sound of this familiar voice.

Xavier.

I took his hand and let him pull me up as hard as he could, and just as he was about to pull back, I suddenly lunged at him.

His body stiffened as I held him.

My arms were hanging tightly around his neck, and my face was buried in his chest.

Breathing gradually calmed down.

At some point, his embrace unexpectedly became the only place I wanted to lean on when I was sick.

Xavier obviously realized that I had almost had a seizure, and instead of pushing me away, he gave me a few gentle strokes on my back.

I was just about to say a few words when I was touched by his touch, but suddenly I heard his cold, disgusted voice. "You know you're sick, and you're still running around. Do you think you don't have long enough to live?"

"You've been causing me trouble day in and day ou