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scent. The room smelled like him. A heavy musky scent and
his cologne. I missed his smell. It used to comfort me on
cold nights and make me sigh on warm ones.
“Maddox,” I breathed.
In response, he swiveled around. His face was dark and
cold. But his eyes…
“Do you hate me?” There was a manic look in his eyes, a
kind of desperation I had never seen before. Stormy. Angry.
Crazed. Anguished.
I shook my head, my lips quivering. “I hate you…
because I can’t hate you.”
His chest rattled with a sharp breath. “Get out, Garcia.”
“Why?”
“Because I hate you.” His lips spoke the cruel words, his
gleaming blue eyes screamed something else.
“Lies,” I whispered. “Lying has become common in our
relationship now, hasn’t it?”
He took a step forward, as if he couldn’t stop himself,
from wanting to be closer to me. Maddox paused, and his
chest rumbled with a growl. “There is no relationship.
There is no us, anymore.”
“You’re a terrible liar, Coulter.” I called him out on his
bullshit and smiled, because I knew I was right.
“Get. Out. Lila.”
I nudged my chin up, stubbornly. “Make me.”
Maddox stalked forward; his face twisted with fury. He
grasped my arm and dragged me out of his room, pushing
me out of the door. His grip tightened on me, and his head
lowered, our eyes leveled. “You are what killed me slowly…
without any mercy, Lila. You used to be my cure. Now,
you’re the plague. And I’m dying. You kill me, Lila. Your
deceitful eyes. Your wicked smile. Your treacherous voice.
So get out and spare me this sweet, torturous death.”
One look.
One second.
One breath.