Chapter 29

[ZARA]

Call me insane, but it was the first time I really looked into his eyes. And really noticed how deep and ridiculously gorgeous they were. The light that sank on his face always tricked me into believing they were a sort of hazel. They were not. Weirdly, under the light of the room, and the shadows that captured his sturdy face, they appeared to be green. The green that reminds one of the fresh wands of grass and the force of nature in the wild.

Did he know his eyes changed colours? Or was it just another trick of the light?

“Is that a yes?” he asked. His deep baritone voice grazed my ears and swept down my throat.

After Maddox jumped over me, fastened my wrists with his tie and held them over my head, I had been a gasping and panting mess. Words had abandoned me, and all I could do was blink and gaze into his eyes. His face stood so close that I could feel his hot breath brushing the front of my face, his masculine scent stronger than ever, waking up those butterflies that I ha