Chapter 17

Xavier roughly pulled me back towards the house. He didn't say a word and I didn't dare say anything.

I almost tripped over the stairs as he practically dragged me along. The fall didn't come because Xavier held me too tight. He was probably thinking how incompetent I was.

When we got to the first floor, we turned left and went to the second door. Xavier tore it open and pushed me into my room, and not in a friendly way.

He pulled the door behind us and it slammed shut with a bang. Since he had pushed me into the room, Xavier had let go of my arm. I immediately took three steps back and fear was written all over my face. I couldn't play it anymore. The man scared me too much for that.

He took a big step towards me and involuntarily I took a step back. A distance would be for my safety.

I would have asked what exactly the problem was, but I was unable to speak.

Xavier was faster than me and closed the gap between us. He roughly grabbed my forearm and aske