Red_Roses_and_Black_Dahlias_-_Macy_T

When the elevator’s doors finally opened though, my smile was quickly
wiped off my face. Standing a couple feet away from me, was the one person
I never wanted to be alone with again. Hell, the one person I never wanted to
see again.
A shudder went down my spine as I felt my face close down. Conan
leaned against a wall in the hallway leading to the apartment, and my blood
froze.
Hearing the elevator ding, his head spun towards me and he glared.
Deciding he would never try anything with Maddox a couple doors down the
hall, I ignored him and walked to my destination.
He decided otherwise though. His hand gripped my forearm tightly as he
brought me closer to him. Nausea hit me in the face as I recalled the last time
this piece of shit had his hands on me.
“What the fuck do you think you’re doing?” I hissed, glaring with all my
might.
My arm squeezed the grocery bag like a lifeline, my whole body was tight
and trembled slightly.
“I could ask you the same thing.” His breath smelled like whiskey and that
only made me want to throw up even more. “Why the fuck is your little
boyfriend all up in my business?!” Conan was not as tall as Maddox, but he
hovered well over my 5’2 frame.
I frowned, not understanding where he was getting. Maddox kept me
updated on the case from time to time, but he never said anything about
Conan being a suspect.
“You better not open your whore mouth, and if I find out you had anything
to do with—“
“Is everything okay over there?” A voice interrupted him before he could
finish his sentence and I had never felt so happy to see Giorgianna in my life.