Chapter 299

"Are you laughing at me?" Grace finally looked up and pouted at me with displeasure. I guiltily looked away and said, "No." "I don't trust you." Grace bit her lip. "Don't lie to me again. You need to tell me if you're hurt, you hear me?" A smile that reached my eyes came over me. "Yes, I got it." It was only then that Grace smiled too. I held her tightly in my arms, afraid that I would lose control and kiss her on the face. "Do you hear that?" "What?" Grace's cheeks were flushed from being held so tightly. "My heartbeat. It's racing," I said in a throaty voice, making Grace flush all the way to the tips of her ears. So that was Xavier's heartbeat. Grace had thought that it was her own. Her heart was racing too, after all. So fast that she was beginning to think that it was going to jump out from her rib cage. Grace listened and carefully pressed her ear against Xavier's chest to feel his heartbeat. It was beating really quickly, indeed. Both their hearts raced at the same fre