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[MADDOX]“Don’t forget to get her some flowers,” mom followed me, as I steered towards the door and turned my jacket to my left hand.“Gotcha, mom!” With another roll of my eyes, I walked down the porch and bossed for the car waiting outside.“Don’t just keep talking about yourself. Let her talk. Be a good listener.”Was she really coaching me on how to talk to people? Did she think I didn’t know that already?Feeling the phone vibrate in my pocket, I slipped it out and checked for the new messages that arrived. Mom kept droning about something in the background while I texted back some instructions to Margo so she could forward them to those Chinese clients.Abruptly, someone ripped the phone out of my hand.I frowned.“Mom!”“Did you even listen to a word I said?” she glowered, her face flushed with irritation. “This is the damn reason you’re not married yet, and no girl wants to go out with you. You’re so distracted all the time with this work that it never ends. How are you going t
After texting Josh the address of the venue of the date, I met Jade in the hotel room where she was staying.We ordered the food in the room and ate while talking about what our next plan of action should be. Now that our intentions of catching that man red-handed were exposed, we needed to alter our methods. Jade suggested it would be better if we quit going after him for a while.“Let him think we are out of his hair,” she said, wiping her mouth with the napkin. “He would be more cautious because of our interference now. So, there’s no point in going after him until he’s confident enough to get back into his game. We both know it wouldn’t take long. His obsession wouldn’t put him at ease for that long. He’ll snap sooner or later, and that’ll be the opportunity we would have to seize.”“Fair enough,” I gave her a nod. “But what if he went into hiding again? We still don’t know the people who are helping him.”“He won’t!” she said confidently. “He is a cocky bastard. If we actually ba
[MADDOX]The man choked and let out of strangled noise. “W-what…are…you…? Let me…let me go,” he picked at my grip, a pathetic attempt to release himself.He should have known better than to take my warning for granted. The fucker needed to pay for it now.“Leave him, you jerk!” a woman shrieked next to me, yanking at my hand and cussing me aloud.I snapped my head at her, warning her to stay out of this.She gasped, eyes fear-stricken as she gulped and grew pale as a ghost.It was only after I stared at the man’s face for a little longer; I realized he wasn’t Josh.I released my hold, and he fell to the floor with a heavy thud.Did I just…?The same woman came hurrying next to his side. “What the hell is wrong with you?” she cried, tears pouring down her face. She cradled the face of the man, blood flooding back to his pale skin. “Kyle, are you alright, baby? Are you hurt? Manager! Where’s the manager? We need a doctor here!”…lose control?I lurched backwards.They weren’t at the res
My feet halted as I slowly turned around.“She’s not with me,” he spoke sincerely, putting the glass down.“You want me to buy that?” what the fuck did he take me for?“Believe me or not, Maddox, but that’s the truth," he snarled. "We sat for a while and talked a bit. But that's all. She told me after a while she wasn't feeling great. I offered to drop her home, but she refused outrightly. So, I just got her a cab instead.”I was too staggered to comment on what he said. Something weird was happening inside me. I tried to ignore it.A deep frown etched upon his forehead as I approached him and punched him in the face.He hissed, rubbing his jaw. “What the fuck was that for?”I grabbed him by the collar and tugged him closer to my face, wanting nothing more than to burn him alive. “For deliberately ignoring my calls. Don’t do that ever again, Josh. Or I swear, I’ll kill you for real.”* * *It was midnight by the time I made it to her apartment. With jittery fingers, I rang the doorbel
[ZARA]“What the hell?” Glaring up at the man who seemed to have the best time of his life, I scowled. “Get these off me, you jerk! What the hell is wrong with you?”Maddox chuckled. “Darling, if that’s what you call begging, I hate to break this to you, but you’ve learnt it all wrong.”Asshole. There were no words to explain how much I hated him right now. Fucking bastard!And myself, too.For being stupid enough to let him in the previous night and do what he always did. Use me as per his liking. Not that my head hadn’t been in the same gutter as his, but I could still find excuses for giving in. First of all, I was half-asleep. My guards were down and I hadn’t been thinking straight since the moment I returned from my so-called blind date. I didn’t have the first clue what the heck even happened yesterday.When Josh showed up on the date, I was shocked beyond sanity. How could it be? And what were the freaking chances?All the while we talked and sat together in that lavish ambienc
I swallowed really hard, wheezing, the chill in the room causing me to shiver ever so gently. A little annoyed that my chest was on complete display now. Ugh, I hated this situation. Naked. Cuffed. And sweaty as hell.Not able to think of any other resort, I tugged harshly on the cuffs, hissing when the metal cut through the skin.“Stop it!” I heard Maddox shout. “You’re hurting yourself.”But it was as if I had to do what he asked me not to. I tugged on them harder, almost turning my wrists red with the harsh friction.In one swift motion, a pair of hands arrived and released the cuffs from the posts of the headboard. I quickly scrambled to sit up. Only to realize my hands were still cuffed. I was just not tied to the bed anymore.It was still better, though. I could at least cover myself. Speaking of which—I bent by the waist to grab the sheets and pulled them over my shoulders.“Are you done?” he asked, annoyed, no more squeezing his balls to relieve the pain I might have caused. I
[MADDOX]“Look, I don’t have all the time in the world,” I shook my head, getting up and walking over to the other side of the bed where my jacket lay. I slipped it over. “There’s an important meeting that I need to attend in half an hour. And later this evening I might have to fly to London. But for obvious reasons, I can’t leave you all by yourself. So, the sooner we get over this part, the better.”“What do you mean, you can’t leave me all by myself? What does that even supposed to mean?”I quirked up an eyebrow at her, but I should have probably seen this coming. She was mad at me, and might I say, for all the right reasons. But that didn't make me a fan of all questions she was tossing at me. I hated repeating myself and by asking the same question over and over again, she was making my head hurt.“It means—I don’t trust you with yourself. You’re impu
[ARMONICA]“Wait, wait, wait—slow down first. I can’t understand a word you just said.” I sat up straighter the instant my phone rang and Zara’s half-panicked, half-furious voice blasted through the phone.“You need to come here right away!” she shouted over the phone and I had no choice but to move the phone a little away from my ear, flinching. If she continued to scream like that, it wouldn’t take long before my ears bled rivers.“OK. OK.” Despite not being aware of the kind of emergency she might have gotten herself into, I hopped off of the couch in the living room and rushed back to my bedroom to grab my car keys. I dropped them in the bowl while changing for the shower.“But you still need to tell me what happened, Z. I’m kind of panicking here. Are you alright? Should I call Brandon? Wait—no, he isn't here,” I cringed nervously. “Sorry, I for