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Liam: You promised, Maddie You promised no matter what, you were mine, and I was yours

Maddie: That was before you knocked up your WIFE, asshole Fuck off Go to Vegas and stay there this time

I don’t mean it I want him here with me, but I’m so damn hurt that I convince et over hi apart

Liam: I am so sorry

Soin those four words

Sorry for what he did, sorry this happened, sorry it has to be over

Tears spill over, falling down th to wipe theinity, and trusted hist all the Victoria drama I’d fallen for him so effortlessly, and he lied so easily Liam kept the truth from me and used me as a distraction to his reality My body shakes as the tears co up into a ball, I just pray for the ache in my chest to take me under

It’s sorab a banana fro, Liaone None of this feels real

Once I’m back in bed, I fall asleep with my heart shattered into a million pieces

“Maddie, wake up,” soout”

Huh?

“What?” I ask, blinking and holding up a hand to cover the bright light co from my lamp “Victoria? What time is it? Is Liam okay?”

She rolls her eyes as ifabout hiet your ass ”

That gets lare at her “Excuse me?”

“You need to do exactly as I say, Madelyn,” she roughly whispers

I scoff, crossing my arms “And why should I? In case you haven’t realized, I hate you”

A slow, seous face I hate how pretty she is “Listen closely, little girl” She closes the gap between us, leaning down until our eyes er intoht now You’re a distraction he doesn’t need If he’s going to keep up with his part of the deal, then I need you out of the picture”

I s What the hell is she talking about? “I don’t have anywhere else to go”

“I’ve got it covered,” she states proudly “And unless you want Lia me and my family, you’ll do what I say Trust me, it’s for the best”