CHAPTER 61

CRYSTAL'S POV

"You're kidding, right?" Emily squealed at me with widened eyes.

I shook my head frantically in the negative.

"100% certain. Her name was literally in the letters, Emily. It's a love letter between Alpha Xaver Fernández and Alicia Evans." I narrated how I went snooping around his private study and the event that happened before that morning.

Her mouth hung open like a fish on a hook throughout the entire narration.

After I finished, silence hung in the air like a guillotine ready to drop.

After a couple of minutes of silence, Emily rubbed her hands gently as she shook her head.

"I'm still trying to wrap my head around this. I can't believe this!" She croaked out.

I nodded, shooting her a rueful smile.

"Neither can I. Who would have thought that Alicia of all people would be capable of love? At worst, she and Xavier, for that matter!"

"I know right? It just sounded so sour in my mouth." Emily said, scrunching up her face which earned her a giggle from me.

I swatted