Chapter 53

The grin plastered on his face was as charming and diabolical as it always had been.

But that wasn’t the reason my jaw had literally dropped to the floor.

Fuck! What was he doing here? Didn’t he leave a while ago? I saw him with my own eyes.

Wait. No. I only saw his car. I—dammit!

He tricked me again.

“What are you doing here?” I snapped, fingers curled into fists.

Instead of being annoyed, he simply arched an eyebrow curiously. “To finish what we started.”

“Do you have no shame?” I bristled. God, he made me mad. So mad. I wanted to throttle him. Why couldn’t he just leave me alone? Why was he so stubborn? “Why do you keep showing up after every time I cast off all your ridiculous proposals? Are you empty on the head? Have you lost your fucking mind? What the hell is your problem?”

Silence fell over for a damn long minute. None of us even moved. The grin on Maddox’s face had disappeared—being replaced by a nasty curl at the corner of his mouth—but I wasn’t sure if that was a good thin