Chapter 41

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.”

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It was midnight by the time I made it to her apartment. With jittery fingers, I rang the doorbel