Chapter 42

[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