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ADDISON
It was after ten when I got home from work, and I was exhausted. I slipped out of my clothes and into an oversized shirt before crashing into my bed.
Pulling my comforter up, I reached over to flip off the dim night light on the nightstand beside my bed when my phone buzzing distracted me. It was Maddox. I couldn't even pretend not to be excited every time his name popped up.
Maddox: Are you awake?
Addison: Yes.
Maddox: Good. Can I come in?
What?I reread the text, thinking I had read it wrong. Come in where? He obviously had the wrong number.
Maddox: Open your bedroom window.
He definitely had the wrong number.
Addison: Wrong person.
Maddox: Not the wrong person. Which window is yours?
Oh no, he's here. Maddox Parker is at my house, and he wants me to let him into my bedroom.
I sprang out of bed, frantically grabbing dirty clothes from the ground and shoving them into a laundry basket. Thankfully, my room wasn't that bad. I gave my room one more glance before opening the widow.
"Can I come in," Maddox whispered when he saw. Dressed casually in black joggers and a fitted grey tank, he leaned down and put his hand on his thighs so we were face to face.
"Like into my room?" Gaping at him, my mouth opened and snapped shut in shock. Was he serious? "Now?" He nodded. "Why?" He didn't answer, only widened his smile. "Um, I guess."
There I go, agreeing to something only he could convince me to do.
He popped the screen off my window and climbed through."Is that what you sleep in?" he whispered, his gaze sweeping up and down my body.
Oh my god! I'd been so worried about my room being dirty that I had forgotten what I was wearing. I wrapped my arms around myself in an attempt to cover up.
"What are you doing here," I whisper-hissed, tugging on the hem of my long t-shirt.
"You said you'd show me your tattoo." He smirked.
"Maddox, it's after ten," I scolded. "You thought now was a good time to do that?"
"Are you going to show me?" he asked, sinking onto my bed. My tattoo was just below my rib cage on my back, and I had no pants on.
"Let me get dressed," I said, but he wrapped his hand around my wrist, pulling me to him and positioning me between his legs, facing him as his hands slid around the back of my bare thighs, pulling me closer. My heart felt like it was going to pound out of my chest as it rose and fell with deep, ragged breaths. My eyes locked with his deep blue eyes looking up at me through long dark lashes, and I couldn't take my eyes off him. He was mesmerizing. His perfect full lips curved up in a smile that said I want to do bad things with you and his blue eyes begged for permission. He was hypnotizing.
Twisting in his arms, I closed my eyes as heat flooded me. He grabbed the hem of my oversized tee and glided it up, exposing my hip, bare ass, and tattoo. Goosebumps broke out, covering my entire body.
My tattoo read, 'Broken.' With an emphasis on the OK. The OK stood out bolder and bigger. Even though I felt broken on the inside most days, I was still ok. I would survive whatever life threw at me.
I missed my dad. He had always kept my mom from falling over the edge, and now that he was gone, it was like I'd lost her, too. Then, to add to all that, the constant in and out of pervy older men that my mom didn't protect me from only made things worse. And after all that, the small amount of self-esteem I had left the mean girls at school made sure to destroy. I used to wish my dad had taken me with him, but I knew without me, my mom wouldn't have anyone to look after her.
Ever since Maddox forced himself into my life, things felt different.
Without uttering a single word, he brushed the pad of his thumb over the dark ink. He was taking in the word that was tattooed over my skin. He probably thought I was a freak, but his expression said something completely different when I opened my eyes and my gaze drifted to meet his. I saw understanding and compassion carved into his features.
When he dropped my shirt, I shifted to sit on the bed next to him.
"Why is the train yard safer than your house?" he asked after several long minutes of silence.
