Chapter 164

“Xavier,” she whispered as tears filled her eyes.

His heart rate was fortunately normal according to the heart rate monitor above him and his chest was heaving slowly, so that meant he was breathing fine on his own.

“Charlotte,” Xavier whispered, opening his eyes.

“Xav…,” she muttered, looking at him carefully. “Are you okay? How do you feel?”

“Better now that you’re here,” he said with a smile as he tried to sit up.

“No, stay…”

“Relax. I’m not in any pain,” he assured her. “I’ve just been close to unconscious for so long because of all the drugs. How are you?”

She sighed. “You asked me to call the police before you passed out and I did, but now they’re acting like my confession is ridiculous. Somehow they believe this is all a PR stunt you and Laura pulled to stay in the public eye.”

Xavier began to laugh, making Charlotte puzzled.

“Why are you laughing?” She asked.

“I wouldn’t have expected any different.”

“Then why did you ask me to call them?”

“So that when I com