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Chloe Bishop wanted to comfort Xavier Grayson, but with him in this state, the words wouldn't come—and even if they did, he wouldn't listen. "Eat something. I'll leave now."

She set the food down and left the study.

Lying in bed, the space beside her empty, she couldn't fall asleep. Too much had happened in the past two days.

The study door remained shut. She got up and read for a while