Chapter27: Fighting the Inevitable

Maya "What are you doing here?" I managed to rasp out the words, my gaze fixed on the two of them. Despite my best efforts to mask it, a familiar fear clawed its way up inside me. "How did you enjoy your makeout session with Daniel, huh?" Maximus chuckled under his breath, taking deliberate steps toward me. I instinctively pressed myself against the doorframe, my heartbeat quickening at the sight of them. They had witnessed it, felt it, but only the kissing part – not the chaos that followed. I wasn't sure if that was a blessing or a curse. Part of me wished they had seen it all, and experienced the same pain. But a mere kiss and a few minutes of passion with that scumbag felt insufficient. I should have done something more drastic. Because they fucking deserved it! "And I wonder what provoked you to see red and beat the living daylights out of him?" Leonardo's gaze flickered to my bloodied knuckles and the faint traces of the blood of that bastard on my jeans, "Did he say something