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“Excuse me?” She crossed her arms over her chest. “No.
This is kidnapping, Maddox.”
I stood in front of the door, blocking her way out of my
apartment. “Undress. Now. Or I will do it for you.”
“Maddox,” Lila warned, taking a tentative step back.
Her eyebrows furrowed, and she paused, giving me
a suspicious look. “Why?”
She was finally catching on, smart girl. I took a step
forward; she took one back. “Because you can’t run away
when you’re naked. Simple logic, Sweet Cheeks.”
“Maddox,” she started, before lowering her head,
ducking behind her goddamn hair again. She shook her
head slowly and muttered to herself, so softly, I almost
missed it. “This can’t happen.”
Lila sounded so heartbroken, so lost…and I didn’t like
that. Didn’t like the way she hid from me, didn’t like the
way she seemed to give up on us, before she even tried to
make it work.
Anger and desperation rolled off me as I stalked
forward. “What are you so scared of?”
“You,” Lila breathed, when I paused in front of her, a
mere inch away. So close I could smell her lavender
shampoo, so close I could feel her warmth, so close I could
taste her fear. My heart slammed against my rib cage.
“You’re scared of me?” I trailed a finger up her arm, and
she gave me a small shiver in return. “I’ll never hurt you,
don’t you know that?”
Lila licked her lips, still keeping her eyes downcast. “Not
physically.”
Taking her chin between my fingers, I lifted her head up.
She closed her eyes and drew in a shaky breath. “Look at
me,” I said to her, my voice hoarse even to my own ears.
“Look at me, please.”
My grip on her chin tightened, and she fluttered her
eyes open, gazing right into mine. Misery etched her
expression for a split second, before she blinked it away.