Chapter 77

Her hands reached up my chest and tugged at the buttons of my shirt. I tried to stop her, but she was growing too reckless too fast. My head buzzed with irritation and an angry growl to peel this woman off me. The touch that once electrified every single cell in my body now felt sickening and dirty.

“Jade!” I grabbed her shoulders and shook her. She wasn’t in her right mind. “What the hell—”

The door of my home office swung open and a pair of eyes landed on me. I turned to face the door, all the while holding Jade and keeping her as far from me as possible.

The next heartbeat that slammed against my ribs knocked the air right out of my chest.

A confused Zara stood at the door with her lips slightly parted. I watched with a great horror of my own when she pursed her lips and pinched her eyebrows, studying where my hands were and the woman connected to them.

“Zara!” I wasn’t a fool to not understand what she might perceive of this. The speed with which her expression was turning into on