“I could’ve paid for my own clothes,” I murmur as we step outside. “You could’ve,” he agrees easily, carrying the bags toward the car. “But you didn’t.”
She picks up the package—a slightly larger box, wrapped in deep blue paper. Maddox reaches out, his grip closing over the box first. His voice is calm, smooth. “That’s for Ari.” Silence.
My mind spins with the idea—of her waking up, getting ready, spraying this perfume on her pulse points. Unknowingly rubbing me into her wrists, her throat, her collarbones.