Chapter 18

Xavier's POV:

The next morning, breakfast is quiet. Hazel didn't join in for breakfast and Tracy said nothing the whole time. She was silent, hitting her plate at intervals and avoiding having conversations with me.

Ryan on the other hand was enjoying his breakfast and ignoring the tension in the room.

When I look up at her, she's looking at me intently. "Why haven't you said anything to me all morning?"

She's still silent but her eyes are boring holes into me. "I haven't said anything to you all morning because I don't want to speak to a liar. That's what you are. You lied to me, Xavier,"

I frown in confusion. "I lied to you about what?"

"About not having a thing for Hazel,"

I felt my heart rate increase as she said that. How the hell did she know?

"What are you talking about?"

She dropped her fork by the side of her plate with a thud. "Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about! I saw you both last night. You both were having an argument about me. You were using me to make