Chapter 24 - A GOD-DAMNED REBEL

For a long moment into the drive, Mackenzie was still in a daze over what just happened a couple of moments ago. It was all so fast, that her shocked mind had not had enough time to register it all. The intense and shocking meeting with Chase Axford. Him kissing her. Her nearly running into a busy highway. Him saving her. His fierce, possessive words. And now she was sitting in the passenger seat of his Lamborghini. It was difficult to make sense of it all. But now, she was snapping out of her breathless daze, and suddenly realized she couldn’t let Chase drive her home. She thought about her kids, and panic struck her. No way. He definitely should not ever know of their existence. Sitting upright in her seat, she brushed her hair back a she looked out the tinted windows. Her heart jumped in anxiety. They were already entering the suburban parts of Greensville where she lived. Triggering what-ifs bombarded her thoughts. What if her kids were on their way back from school, only to meet C