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I stand dumbfounded, not understanding why Madison was here instead of Juliet. It takes me all of two seconds to realize I was fucking set up. And like an idiot, I walked into this totally blind.
Juliet never had any intention of me signing any papers. She fabricated that lie so I’d meet her here. But in her place, she sent Maddy instead. God only knows the lies she’s told her. Or worse still—what if she’s told her the truth?
I have to make this right.
I run out the door, not caring who or what stands in my way. I charge down the stairs two at a time, almost tripping over a tricycle sitting at the bottom of the staircase. As I frantically search the poorly lit courtyard, I hope there’s only one exit. There is. And Maddy just walked out of it.
I take off in a dead sprint, running faster than I ever have before. Nothing or no one else matters except getting to Maddy and telling her the truth. “Madison!” I roar, my desperation sounding off the washed-out walls.
But she doesn’t stop.
The rusted gate whines as I yank it open so hard I almost rip it off its hinges. “Sir, there is no running on the premises,” says someone from behind me as I bolt past reception, but the warning falls on deaf ears.
“Madison! Please! Stop!” I shout from across the parking lot as I see her run toward her car. Panic hits me hard because I know that once she gets into that car, she’ll never turn back.
The gravel crunches underneath my shoes as I weave between the parked cars to reach her in seconds. I get to her just as she sounds the alarm on her car.
“Madison! Stop.” I lunge out to stop her from getting into her car, but she jumps back three feet, not wanting me to touch her.
“No, Dixon! Leave me a-alone,” she stutters, choking on her torrent of tears.
“Please let me explain,” I beg.
“I think you being here is pretty self-explanatory.” She angrily wipes at her eyes, but the tears continue to fall.
“I know what it looks like, but I need to know what Juliet told you.”
“Why? So you can lie?” Her question is filled with anger but mostly pain.
Her accusations stab at me deeply. “No. I’m done lying to you.”
“So you admit that you’ve been lying to me this entire time?”
My heavy sigh speaks volumes. “I never lied about my feelings for you. It wasbecauseof my feelings for you that I lied.”
She scoffs, turning her face away from me.
“Please.” I step forward, my hands raised in front of me, pleading with her to let me explain. “Hear me out.”
Thankfully, she turns back to face me. “You have one minute.”
I better make it good.
I don’t know what Juliet has told her, so I decide to divulge it all. “What I told you, about meeting Juliet at work, is true. She came to me seeking help. And I did refer her over to another doctor, as I knew she was interested in more than just a professional relationship.”
“But?” She folds her arms across her chest.
“But then I slipped up,” I confess, making sure to keep eye contact with her.
“What does that mean?”
“It means I was a fucking idiot and made the biggest mistake of my life. The morning we bumped into one another in the foyer of your apartment—I was coming from Juliet’s apartment. It was the first time we had sex.”
She wraps her arms around her waist, hugging herself tight. “So she’s the reason you just disappeared? You chose her over me? Is that it?”
I violently shake my head. “It’s not that clear-cut.”
“Then what is it?” she shouts.
