Chapter 78

[ZARA]

Over the brassy and body-pulsing music of the club, I heard nothing but the cracking of my heart. I couldn’t believe I let him do this to me again. That I allowed him to hurt me in every freaking way. How could I be so stupid in the first place? After every horrible thing he did in the past, how could I let myself believe a single word that came out of that deceitful mouth? Maddox had been bad news since day one. And I was foolish to think he could be anything other than a pain in the arse and my biggest regret.

With another shot of dark red liquor down my throat, I winced. I wasn’t sure if it was because I was drinking after a long time or because I had grown too vulnerable to handle this shit, but my throat and chest burnt like hell. But maybe this was something I needed to get him out of my head and system. I needed to lose myself for a bit to forget the bone-deep hurt he was solely responsible for.

I had left for good and should never have returned. I should have signed tho