Chapter 38

[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