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“Drew! Stop it!” Maddy screams.
My face throbs like a bitch, the taste of metal flooding my mouth as I look up. Tanner’s gotten hold of Drew’s arm and Dax has moved closer.
“You’re right. I am an asshole.” I wipe warm stickiness away from my chin with my sleeve. “But it wasn’t for nothing. Not a single second. Every moment with her was everything.”
I don’t look at Maddy as I say it. I can’t.
“Yeah,” Drews snorts. “Those moments when you wanted to get your dick wet.”
I snarl and step forward, but Dax places a hand on my shoulder and gives Tanner a look as he tips his head.
Tanner nods then grips Drew on the shoulder. “Come on, man. Let’s go.”
Drew’s murderous eyes hold mine and he jerks his chin at Maddy and Chloe. “You two are getting a ride with us.”
They’re both frozen, looking between us.
“Now!” Drew snaps.
The two girls hold each other as they walk past me and Dax in silence.
I wipe more blood from my chin with the back of my hand as Maddy glances back at me with shining eyes. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen her look at me with concern. Drew’s fist in my face seems a small price to pay to see that confirmation. She’s refused to say the words out loud until now. But that one look tells me all I need to know.
Not one part of Maddox Harper hates me anymore, not really.
Not a single one.
Whether she likes it or not.
Chapter 26
Maddy
“Ugh,ifyou’vecomehere to shout, then save your breath.” I leave the door to my apartment open and walk back inside as Drew stands on the threshold. I should have ignored the buzzer and stayed in bed.
“I’m not going to fucking shout!” he shouts as he follows me inside.
I head straight to the coffee machine and flick it on, then turn and lean against the counter with my arms crossed as I look at him.
“I’m sorry that you saw what you saw last night,” I say around the ball in my throat. I look to the side, heat flaring in my cheeks.
“What about what I fucking heard?”
I wince as he spits the words out like vomit. I hoped he hadn’t heard it, but judging by the thundering pulse in his tense neck, he heard every word.
At least admit you love my cum inside you, Mads.
“Please don’t.” I cringe and turn my back to him, taking my time fixing our drinks until the heat in my face reduces. Anything to delay having to face him for more precious seconds.
“I want to kill him.”
I sneak a glance over my shoulder. He’s pacing up and down in his dark jeans and black T-shirt, tension stiffening his broad shoulders. I knew this was coming today. Drew barely spoke a word during the ride with Tanner and Chloe last night. I should be grateful he at least waited until the morning to pound on my door. I got to have a semi-decent amount of sleep to prepare for this. Although lying awake picturing Logan’s bleeding face and split lip was hardly equal to a restful night.
“You attempted to kill him last night when you punched him so hard in the face he almost flew through the wall.” I sniff, turning around and holding a mug of coffee out to him.
A hint of regret passes through his dark eyes before he closes them momentarily. We look alike. Everyone always comments on it. Drew didn’t get tight curls like me. But he has the same dark as ink hair that still holds a wave despite him keeping it cut short. And the same dark brown eyes. His turn almost black when he’s angry, like last night. Today they’re smoldering at a shade above midnight.
“He had his hands on you.” His knuckles turn white against the mug. His full height and broad build swamp my kitchen until the air is thick with tension.
