Chapter 19

Chloe was terrified by the look on his face. Pain flared in her wrist, and tears immediately rolled down her cheeks. "You're hurting me! Let go!" she sobbed. Maverick ignored her cries and demanded, "I said, where is it?" Pushed to the breaking point, the resentment Chloe had been burying finally exploded. "Yes! I threw them away! So what? You said you love me, but you're still clinging to all that stuff from Nicole? You spend every day staring at those things, obsessed with a woman who didn't even want you. I've had enough. I'm your wife. I threw it all in the trash outside. I want you to forget her once and for all!" "Who gave you permission to touch them?" Maverick snapped. His eyes were bloodshot, the veins in his forehead bulging. He slammed his hands onto Chloe's shoulders and shook her violently. Then, he yelled so loudly her eardrums nearly shattered. "Those are my memories with Nicky. That's our past! Who the hell do you think you are? You aren't fit to touch them! How