Poppy sprang up from her sleep with a loud gasp, the first place her gaze flew to being the space right next to her.
He was gone, Xavian was gone.
He left…again, after his promise.
Rushing her way off her bed in nothing but her white shirt and pair of shorts, she hurried to the bathroom. There was no one in there. She checked the kitchen, every single room within her apartment, not a single soul was around, that didn't exclude the living room.
He really did leave…again.
No messages, and not even a phone call. Was she always going to keep falling for these?
The sudden ringing of the doorbell pulled her out of her thoughts and she got up, walking to the door to pull it open.
Right in front of her, Xavian stood, in the pair of slacks and shirt he'd come in. Did that mean his coat was still in her apartment? That he never left in the way she thought?
"Who do you look like you're about to ki—"