Chapter 52

[ZARA]

“You didn’t tell me your boyfriend could be so intimidating,” Finn sighed, his back pressed against the door as he held on to the grocery bags for the life of him. His eyes fell shut in relief as he took a minute to calm himself down.

Poor thing just had a small encounter with Maddox Richmond and he already looked on the verge of pissing his pants.

I felt bad for him.

But that did nothing to stop me from frowning and looking away in exasperation. “He’s not my boyfriend.”

“Are you sure?” was his immediate reaction.

Sitting on the edge of the couch, I turned to face him. “You think I’m lying?”

“No!” peeling himself off the door, he walked over to the open kitchen counter, placing the bags down and peering into it. “But people could be ignorant of their feelings,” he paused, lifting his gaze to meet mine. “Or of others.”

I frowned harder, not sure what he was insinuating. “Do you always talk in riddles?”

“Not always,” he said, turning to face me and leaning his side against the co