Chapter 73

[ZARA]

I had seen Maddox angry. I had seen him throwing a fit.

I had seen him dazzle a million-dollar grin just so he could get on my nerves.

I had seen him snap my father’s wrist with no hesitation at all.

But never had I caught him with tears in his eyes. I never thought he was capable of it. I always thought it was humanly impossible for him to feel anything other than vanity and narcissism. It kind of broke my heart a little when worried tears rolled down his cheeks as he clutched the steering wheel too tight, his knuckles turning pale and stiffening every time his phone buzzed with a notification.

When I asked him to take me with him, he only nodded before sucking in a deep breath, pulling himself together, as if hoping for the best.

Now, we were in the hospital, and Louis was in the Emergency room. Nathan met us at the reception, looking just as dishevelled and worried sick as Maddox was. I could see Nadine trying not to unleash the tears glimmering in her eyes.

It was only yest