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He didn’t even seem to hear me, he just stayed in the same position and

didn’t move.

What the fuck? Was he seriously giving me the silent treatment? If

anything, I should be the one doing that, for fuck’s sake. He was not robbing

me of my grovel.

“I—“

“Not now, Sofia.” My eyebrows were nearly up to my headline after he

said that.

Not now? Not now? Oh he was in for a surprise if he thought a shit ton of

orgasms and cute little attentions would make me docile all of a sudden.

“Oh, so he does have a voice, huh? How fascinating. Didn’t hear it all

day, even when me and my sister were sitting down, waiting for you to join

us for dinner. She kept on asking me where you were and I didn’t even know

what to say!” I tossed the towel on the counter, exasperated with him.

“Sofia, I said not now.” He growled, finally looking at me, only to glare.

Somehow that made me even more mad.

“No? Then when, pendejo? Tell me! I’m waiting. When you disappear

again for a whole day without giving us news that you’re even alive? When

you threaten to disregard my will again? When, Maddox, when is the right

time?”

I was aware of how irrationally angry I sounded at that moment, and how

I was pushing for a fight, but again, I just needed the confrontation. I really

wanted all animosity between us to be purged out.

“Conan is fucking dead! He was the only lead we had on your parents’

case and now he’s fucking gone!” He blew up, breathing erratically, clearly

frustrated and angry and going through a whole bunch of other emotions that

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