CHAPTER EIGHTY - TWO - HURTING EACH OTHER.

The drive back home was quiet. The silence in the car only broken by the music that was playing from the car stereo. Isabella glanced at the stoic face of the man sitting beside her and driving the car. She sighed. What was it this time? He had suddenly become like this after she told Xavier that she would come over for dinner at their place. She had offered to do so because she was honestly worried about Diana de la Cruz, and wanted to be there for her anyhow she could. Also, she really wanted to spend some time with Xavier. Aside from Mateo, he had been her other closest friend as a kid. Most of the girls were either jealous of her or too intimidated to talk to her. Xavier and Mateo had been her closest friends, and it's been a while she sat and talked with Xavier. One of the things she also remembered about her two closest friends was that they just barely tolerated each other's presence. Mateo more so than Xavier. She didn't know why, but Mateo had just never reall