Chapter 1: A little perspective.
As i lay there, i think of Max my step father
and his bulging muscles, bronze skin, piercing blue eyes,dirty blonde hair.
God!! That man is built like a some Greek God .
I wonder how my mum got so lucky with him. I mean just look at the dude .
He has the body of a beast. His smile can melt any girls panties plus his smell is heavenly.
He screams pure male. Radiates dominance.
The one which can envelop any woman in his other wordly charms. I feel safe and comfortable around him
I feel like i have a connection with him on another level.
Me?
I'm Maddie, I'm 22 years old . A shy girl. I am currently finishing grad school and i work as a writer in a small firm. I like my life the way it is .
I've never been keen to talk much with people i mostly keep to myself .
Thus, i've never had a boyfriend and i still am a virgin.
Yeah! You heard right.
But ever since Max entered my life 3 months ago
Everything went haywire and i have been feeling things i never felt.
My mum is yet another story . She is a cold woman. I sometimes wonder is she even my real mother. She is a ego driven woman . Who cares about her own self. Never in my entire life she gave a shit about me . When dad died she completely forgot i existed. Not that she cared when he was alive. He was the one who cared for me despite being such a busy man.
After he died she burried her nose in work and was rarely ever home.
She even married Max just to keep her end of the deal she made with his company .
She does not even possess a single ounce of feelings for the man . Whereas Max is a true gentleman he knows how to treat women with respect in the 3 month span i have known him
He has never uttered a single word to my mum after she spews hate words or mean comments towards him.
Max lives with us in our guest room and mostly keeps to himself. When he is not attending meetings he is in the gym; working out . He usually comes to have dinner with us.
But with my mother spweing hate towards him
He takes his food with him in his room .
I on the other hand; when introduced to Max i fell for him the moment i laid my eyes on him
I knew i was in love when he smiled my way and treated me well.
But i have been too shy and nervous to admit that and also i had restraints because he is technically my stepfather. Although he is just 5 years older than me.
I scratch the thought away . But the thing is i notice the way Max looks at me i see him caring for me i see the way he protects me and i see that hidden caring and longing look he has when he lays his eyes on me . But as soon as these emotions flash in his eyes they go away or he hides them well.
But i caught him off guard last night
He was'nt expecting this kind of boldness from me. But i left him no choice when i held his hand and demanded the truth from him after over hearing the conversations him and my mother had.
And hearing his answer rendered me speechless. Apart from the fact that his voice set a certain fire inside of me.
He had the huskiest voice i had ever heard. Which could turn anyone on.
But what was more a shock for me were yhe words he uttered in that sexy voice of his.
I was skipping down the stairs for dinner when i overheard some faint noises coming from the study.
I was curious so i put my ear to it . And what i heard shocked me to my core.
" You can not do that to her adaline! , for heavens sake she is your own daughter". Max shouted at my mother.
"Yeah! A daughter! Which that bastard of a man planted in my womb just so i could not be the rightful owner of his property after he was gone for good! And what did i get? A quarter of th property and business that too if i raised and cared for the bitch!!, my mother said in her most condicending tone.
Shock and hurt ran through my body upon hearing the hate my mother held for me.
But i listened anyway .
