DARE-TO-LOVE-TRUTH-AND-DARE-DUET-COLLECTION-by-Lylah-James-pdfarchive

The world spun and grew blurry, dots scurrying across
my vision. “Maddox didn’t tell me…”
“I spoke with him last week. I told him I’d have
everything by today, but he isn’t picking up my calls.”
“Last week? You mean, he was still working on this with
you? All this time?” I felt faint and cold… so, so cold.
Grayson looked confused. “Yeah? Why is that
surprising?”
“We broke up almost two months ago,” I confessed,
breathlessly. My ears were ringing, and my lungs squeezed.
His mouth rounded with an ‘o,’ and he nodded, slowly. “I
don’t know your reasons for breaking up, but Maddox has
been very adamant about bringing you the justice you
deserve.”
And that…
That statement… decimated me.
Killed me. Ripped me apart.
Maddox wanted to bring me justice, to give me the
closure I needed. All along, he was on my side.
All this time, he had been trying to protect me.
Oh God, how foolish I was. How stupid I had been. How
careless I was with his heart.
My gaze landed on the brown file, and I swallowed back
a cry. “Thank you, Grayson.”
He cleared his throat. “You’re welcome. I’ll see myself
out.”
I closed my eyes and brought my head down to the
table, resting my forehead on the surface. Grayson got up
to leave, but my voice stopped him. “Riley is back in town
for Christmas.”
He coughed and thumped his chest. “I didn’t need to
know that.”
Without lifting my head up, I waved him away. “Well,
now you know. Do what you want with it,” I said.
Long after Grayson had left, I found myself in bed, with
my phone in my hand. I debated calling Maddox. It wasn’t