<b>Chapter </b>29
Maddox
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On the day that I met Zoey and E when I dropped off those snacks for Harper, she should’ve kept her mouth shut. No one had ever pointed out that there was an obvious difference when I spoke to my father and uncle. On that day, she peeled off ayer that I didn’t want to be seen, at least not that way. Not only did it make my skin itch, it also made me feel exposed.
It was for this reason that I used Kate’s lipstick and invited Harper’s attractive friends to slip back into the only habit I ever wanted her to see, that I was there for fun.
I saw Harper’s texts on time but I let them just sit there for hours before I’d reply in a cold and distant kind of way. But I never picked up her calls or called her again. I didn’t want to give her the chance to dig deeper. <b>I </b>wasn’t about to let her think she could read me.
Kate was there for the fun, not bothering to read too much into any situation and I preferred that over what Harper had be.
She was easy and stuck around me like she was waiting for me to toss her a bone. I knew that <b>if </b><b>I </b>gave her the kind of attention she desperately wanted, Grayson would find out and that would find its way back to Harper. He wanted me to stay away from her as much as possible and I was certain he would use that to his advantage. The message would be clear – I was still the same Maddox, the untouchable, reckless yboy.
I needed her to believe that.
It was finally my birthday and everything was ready. I’d texted Harper about the slight change in time, the text itself just in and simple and I hoped that would be enough to make her change her mind abouting to the party.
A few guests arrived early but I didn’t go in right away to wee them. I still had a few work calls to make, so I was in the backyard.
“Still out here?” Kate said from behind me, her voice dragged out since she was already drunk.
I nodded with a neutral expression when she was right in front of me. “I had to make a few phone calls.”
She came closer, cing her hands on my shoulders. “Can’t you just go for a few hours without focusing on work? Maybe, it’s time I finally helped get your mind off it since it’s your birthday.” She ran her hand down my chest.
“Not now<i>.” </i>I gently pushed her hand away.
She frowned. “That again? You’ve been saying that each time I want us to do something more than just…kiss and touch.”
While I had given her the attention she desperately wanted, not once was I able to fuck her. Each time I tried, I couldn’t unhear Harper’s words when she saw right through me.
I thought it was going to be easy to fuck Kate like it’s nothing, but at the back of my mind, I knew the truth and using Kate for it just made it more obvious that I was trying too hard.
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<b>I </b>was d there were actualplications at thepany <b>as </b>I used that to my advantage each time <b>I </b>felt like I couldn’t do anything more than taste her lips and run my hands all over her thighs and ass.
“You know how busy I’ve been with work. You’ve even heard me a few times<b>.</b>”
She sighed dismissively. “You know, you’re allowed to take a break, especially with me.”
I looked down at her hand on my chest. Her touch was familiar, but I wanted it to stop, so I gently grabbed
her wrist.
“Shouldn’t you be calling Tiffany to find out where she is?<b>” </b>I asked.
“She’ll definitely be here. She has quite the surprise with her dress and this fun little game to humiliate Harper.” She snorted, closing her eyes and resting her head on my chest.
My eyes narrowed and I was certain she wouldn’t have mentioned that had she been sober.
“Tell me more.” My voice was low as I brushed the back of my knuckles against her cheek.
That was enough to make her tell me about the whole n and when Tiffany would do it.
“Enough about that.” She gently brushed her fingertips against the nape of my neck. “I know you’ll be busy hosting, but before that, just a few minutes….upstairs.”
It was clear she wanted me to fuck her. She had been waiting for that since the day I had started giving her
attention.
Right at that moment, Harper giggled, like her voice was getting louder and I huffed. She actually showed up.
Kate and I were right behind a tall shrub and she was trying to guide my gaze back to her, but I held her wrist to stop her just so I could take in Harper’s beauty that night. Her dress clung to her like skin, entuating the curves of her body that I had traced with my bare hands and tongue several times.
She was looking around at the parked cars and I couldn’t hear what she was talking about with E and Zoey, but there was a way her face lit up when she spotted Grayson’s car.
She then turned into a teenager when he showed up and made her twirl, not that I expected anything less. That was the same guy she had been in love with for years and still was. Those moments when I had my cock inside of her and she surrendered to me, made it seem like there was no one in the world that came close to the heat we shared, but he was always on her mind and in her heart.
He seemed to be just <b>as </b>captivated as I was by her beauty. I had told him before that he wasn’t fooling me and right at that moment, I could see that even more.
The three of them proceeded inside and he just stood there, checking out her legs and ass
“What are you looking at?” Kate groaned.
She pushed my head downwards to kiss me and this time, I didn’t stop her. I even moved her from that spot to right where we could be seen.
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My hands were all over her hips and waist<b>. </b>She was <b>so </b>into it that she looked like she was ready to be fucked right on that spot without giving a shit about who would see us.
I just needed Harper to see me kissing her. I thought that by doing so, I was no longer going to hold back and finally be the guy I had always been.
It was only when an ovep of heels hitting the ground faded that I pulled away from Kate’s lips.
She bit her lip with a chuckle, sliding her hand down to the buckle of my belt. “That’s the hardest you’ve kissed me in a long time. Looks like someone is finally ready for more.”
That should have been the moment I took her upstairs, but instead, I held her hand and wiped my lips.
“Let’s get back to the party.”
She scoffed, her breath a little heavy from how I had suddenly kissed and touched her.
“You really do know how to get my hopes up.” She rested her head on the side of my arm.
“What time does the cake get here?” I asked, a hint of irritation in my tone after my own failed attempt at being the guy I had always been.
“It should be here in the next thirty minutes. You’re going to be blown away when you see it. I can’t wait to lick the cream off your balls.”
I paused, furrowing my eyebrows at her, not because she was being nasty, but because it was clear that I had starved her so much that she felt the need to say that to me.
We made it back inside and I led her to a section that was specifically set for me, but when I spotted Harper with her friends, having a good time with my other invited guests, I was instantly drawn over there. I thought that maybe if I showed her several times that I was that yboy she had always known, the fact that she saw anotheryer of me would go away.
I led Kate over there and she smirked, already loving the idea that I was going to show her off in front of another girl I slept with.
I sat right across from Harper and nced at her thick thighs, then told myself she was no longer the focus, so I barely acknowledged her, pouring Kate a ss of water.
Even when I gave her that attitude, she surprised me when she spoke while looking right at me.
“Happy birthday. This ce looks amazing.”
Her voice was so steady that I realized she was still cool with everything I had done in front of her and that bothered me.
Even when I gave credit to Kate, her smile didn’t falter.
With nothing going as I nned, I left Kate to meet my other guests, even letting the girls get a bit too close.
When Tiffany arrived in the same dress Harper wore, she and Kate were tearing her up and even from a
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distance, I could tell that the vibe had changed. I could’ve gone back and stepped in, but I chose not to. That would’ve gone against what I was already trying to do.
I then realized that if Kate was right about the dress, she was right about the game and I had to be on high alert, so I spoke to the DJ.
Things didn’t get any better when Grayson showed up and they danced right in Harper’s <b>face</b>. She looked like she wanted to go far away, but how could she when that was only going to make her feelings obvious?
Once again, I wanted toe to her rescue but told myself not to do anything. It was because I had gotten involved with her in the first ce that she got to see something that no one else did.
Not even her friends holding her hands made a difference.
What came to her rescue was Margot’s arrival with my father and just by seeing the cake, I knew she had been in charge of it. She confirmed it when she bragged and it made my blood boil.
I had to force a smile when she took the lead in singing the birthday song.
When she brought a piece of cake to my lips, it felt like poison, but I took it because we were all going to have the same cake.
She made it all about her even with the gift that was given to me, my father barely saying anything.
I hated the direction my party had taken, but that was until Uncle Sebastian arrived. I instantly forgot about everyone else and rushed to him.
My voice was full of life as I proudly introduced him so everyone would get to know him. I smiled brightly as I looked around and when I spotted Harper, my smile faded. She was still watching me when he made a joke about my cousins and Iughed hard. It was then that I realized she had already seen right through me again and maybe it was time for me to be okay with that.
Chapter <b>30 </b>