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Xavier Grayson hadn't expected her to bring that up at a moment like this.

He lifted his gaze toward the chandeliers overhead.

His heart gave two quiet, steady thumps.

Then he looked down at her. "I remember answering you before—I didn't care. But now I can give you a real answer. It'd be a lie to say I wasn't angry. Back then, I labeled you with all sorts of things