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I scanned my memories for several long seconds before it hit me. It was Addison I'd danced with and chased out of the club the night coach sent me home. She ran when she realized it was me.
It all made sense now. It had been the first girl who'd made me feel anything since the day Addy left. How could I not have realized then?
My hand slid up, stroking under her tits, and I knew this had to stop before it went too far. I wanted her, but I didn't want the drunk version that would hate me tomorrow.
"We should get you home," I whispered in her ear.
* * *
Somewhere between theclub and the hotel, Addison passed out in my arms and went from drunk weight to dead weight, but somehow, I managed to get into the hotel room with my hands full.
Carrying her into the living room, I laid her on the couch and then slipped off her sandals.
"You were right," she whispered as I dropped the blanket over her. I hadn't realized she'd woken up. I sank onto the coffee table across from her. This ought to be good.
"About?" I leaned forward, leaning my arms on my legs.
"My boyfriend."
"So you don't have one?" I cocked a brow at her.
"I do have a boyfriend, but the complicated part of it makes it messy," she said. "He likes to keep things private, so we don't make things public."
"That has cheater written all over it," I muttered, glaring at her. Why someone would want to keep her private didn't make sense unless he was a cheater. Addison had it all. She was sexy but didn't know it; she was smart and funny. So, keeping her a secret didn't make sense.
"It's not like that." She sighed, pushing herself to a sitting position. "The complicated part is me." Her gaze flicked up to the ceiling as she pressed her lips into a thin line. Sucking in a deep breath, her eyes flashed down to me. "Maddox, I need you to kiss me."
"Uh," I scowled, "you're going to have to explain because not even twenty-four hours ago, I promised you I'd never kiss you again."
"I need to know that the chemistry we had wasn't real," she said. "I need to convince myself that what we had as kids wasn't real life." Was she serious? Everything we had was real. She just didn't believe it anymore because of what I did.
"Are you saying there's no chemistry between you and your boyfriend?"
"I compare everything to what I felt when I was with you," she said. "And it's ruining my relationship. I need my heart to know it wasn't real."
"Let me get this straight." I scoffed, pushing to my feet. "You want me to kiss you to fix your relationship with him." Her eyes softened as she nodded. "What the fuck?" Anger colored my tone. "You are not going to use me to get back at your boyfriend or whatever you're trying to do."
"Maddox," she started.
"No," I growled, my chest heaving with fury. "I'm going to brush this off as you're drunk right now and go to bed." She was drunk, but every word that came out of her mouth was real. The alcohol only gave her the courage to say it to me.
"Can't you do one decent thing?" she cried out, jumping to her feet. Anger pumped through my veins like toxic venom. "And let me go."
"I did," I growled through my teeth, storming toward her so fast she stumbled back. "I told Karly I would walk away if she gave you that letter. That I wouldn't pursue you, and I didn't. Even though it killed me. I didn't." I continued stepping forward until her back slammed into the wall. "But what's meant to be, will be, and now it's a whole new ball game, baby."
I placed a hand on both sides of her head, trapping her. I leaned into her, pressing my nose into her cheek. "I could fuck every girl in this school, and it still wouldn't change the way you make me feel, and me kissing you isn't going to change your feelings for me."
Her breathing hitched as my breath fanned across her sensitive skin. I ran my nose up the column of her throat, breathing her in. "Tell me you feel nothing right now, Addison." I grabbed her waist, spun her, and pressed my hips into her, pinning her against the wall. "You feel that?" I pushed my throbbing erection into her ass. Wrapping her ponytail around my fist, I jerked her head back, giving me access to her ear.
"Tell me that at night when you are all alone, and you touch yourself that it's not me you're fantasizing about," I breathed against her ear. "Tell me your pussy's not throbbing to have me between your legs again. Tell me that every part of your body right now is not begging me to fuck you against this wall right now." She didn't say anything, but I didn't need her to; her heart pounding against my chest gave it all away.
"Yeah, that's what I thought." I pushed off the wall, and she quickly flipped to her back. Her chest rose and fell with deep, ragged breaths. "I know I fucked up in 101 ways with you, and when you're ready, we can talk about that, but if you want someone to fix your relationship, find someone else because now I'm his fucking competition." I stormed to the bedroom, slamming the door shut behind me.
THIRTY-SEVEN
MADDOX
If she wanted a war, she would get one.
