All Chapters of I’m All Yours, Maddox: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

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Chapter 21~ Jason.

“You take care of yourself, Jace!” Tina called out, waving her hand frantically as Norman practically hurried her into the back of the waiting taxi.“It was great spending the weekend, man. I just hope you’ll have healed up properly before Monday rolls around,” Norman added with a parting smirk. In response, I simply flipped him a blunt middle finger.The taxi pulled away from the curb and drove off, and I finally let out a massive, exhausted breath.It was Sunday morning, and they had finally decided to head out. According to Norman, there wasn't much else to do around the apartment anyway, even though Tina had tried to insist that I still needed them around. Personally, I didn't even know what I wanted. I had spent the last several hours forcing myself to walk as normally as possible, desperately trying to mask the fact that my lower half was still throbbing. At the very least, the ache had dialed down compared to the white-hot agony I had woken up with.I turned around and quieted

Chapter 22~ Jason.

It was Monday, and I found myself sitting right back in Mr. Smith’s campus office.Somehow, my dad had spent the entire weekend worrying that I would suddenly change my mind about attending the wedding anniversary this coming Saturday. But his endless check-ins were nothing compared to the constant looming threat of Maddox's warning.“Jason...” Mr. Smith’s voice cut through my thoughts, pulling me back to the present. “Are you even listening to me?”“I am,” I drawled out, leaning back in the chair. “I’m going to attend the party, regardless of how I feel about it. And... Maddox and I are actually getting along better. We're cool.”I forced myself to keep my eyes locked on his, trying with everything I had not to let my eyelashes flutter. If I blinked too fast, he would instantly catch on to the fact that I was telling a blatant, desperate lie straight to his face. Almost everyone who knew me was aware of that specific tell, no matter how hard I tried to hide it.“Okay, if you say so..

Chapter 23~ Jason.

I sat quietly in the bustling corner of the coffee shop, surrounded by the ambient hum of background chatter and the constant chiming of the front bell as people entered and left.“Did I keep you waiting?” Tina asked, setting a steaming mug onto the table before sliding into the chair across from me with a weary sigh. “The line over there is absolute insanity today. Apparently, they’re running some kind of student discount,” she informed me, adjusting her scarf.I forced out a faint smile, reaching out to draw my own cup closer to my lips. I took a slow sip, letting the warmth seep through me.Honestly, I was trying with everything in me not to let my mind drift back to that cursed campus blog. I hadn't even had the chance to look at it again since sitting down with Tina, and a crowded coffee shop was definitely not the ideal place to spiral over scandal news.“You look ridiculously tense, Jace,” Tina observed, leaning her elbows on the dark wood.I raised an eyebrow at her defensivel

Chapter 24~ Jason.

I looked back and forth between Wendy and Tina, the atmosphere at the small coffee shop table instantly turning sour.“That isn’t any way to speak to someone, no matter how urgent it might be,” Tina interjected sharply, stepping in to defend me.Wendy immediately snapped her head toward her, shooting Tina a deadly glare that practically warned: You dare say another word to me, and you'll regret it.She turned her narrow eyes back to me, her gaze burning with enough venom to set me on fire right where I sat. I glanced nervously at Tina, forcing out a tight, reassuring smile, before rising to my feet while Wendy turned on her heel, marching away with one final command that she was going to be waiting for me outside.“I’d be right back...” I muttered, my pulse starting to race.“Brace up, Jace. Don’t let her walk all over you,” Tina said, her voice firm and encouraging despite the fact that my fingers were beginning to tremble.“Of course not,” I lied under my breath.I wouldn’t be react

Chapter 25~ Maddox.

“Well, I’m impressed... You could totally go for a porn career after college, man.” Charles threw the jab at me, and the rest of the living room immediately erupted into a wave of loud, drunken laughter.“Who the hell even recorded that?” One of the guys from the hockey team asked, leaning forward on the couch.“It wasn't that clear, but whoever took it was definitely keeping a lookout to catch that shot,” Michael added, shaking his head. “Can’t believe shit like that was going on upstairs while the rest of us were down here partying.”I ignored them completely. Reaching down to the coffee table, I grabbed a glass bottle of hard liquor, popped the cap off, and tilted my head back, gulping down the burning liquid.This wouldn’t be the first time I’d been secretly recorded. A few girls I’d slept with in the past had pulled similar shit—at least according to them, just to prove to their friends that they had a history with me. But this was different. Someone had been peeping through my b

Chapter 26~ Maddox.

After that confrontation with Charles in the kitchen, my mood switched. He knew me well enough to know I meant every single word I said.How the hell was I supposed to tell him that my stepbrother was completely untouchable? At least until I was done with him, Jason remained mine to deal with—not for Charles to feed his sudden, bi-curious curiosity, as if this was his first time considering a guy when he usually relied on campus guys to give him the best head.Now he wanted to move on to Jace? Christ.Everyone else in the living room cleared out shortly after, noticing the sudden shift in the air. I didn't need to spell it out for them that they were no longer welcome in my house.Right now, rather than lighting another cigarette to calm my nerves, I found myself preparing dinner in the kitchen.Yeah... a guy like me wasn't typically seen standing over a stove, especially considering I grew up as the wealthy heir to the Donovan family. But what else was I supposed to do to clear my he

Chapter 27~ Maddox.

“Charles is helping me with something. Once we’re done, I’ll stay away from him...” The words rolled softly out of his mouth.His eyes remained fixated on mine, but instead of the submission his quiet tone suggested, his gaze burned with something entirely different.Hatred. Pure, raw hatred that I probably should have taken as a warning.I could have cleared his doubts right then and there. I could have told him the real reason I wanted him away from Charles, but... I didn't have to explain a damn thing to him. Keeping him in the dark was better anyway. Charles wasn't the sweet, helpful guy he must have thought Charles was.“My friends are trouble,” I said flatly, keeping my eyes locked on his. “That should be more than enough reason for you to stay away from them.”“And I said I heard you. I’m not fucking deaf,” he fired back through gritted teeth.I let out a slow exhale, leaning back in my chair. “As long as you do what I ask, that’s all that matters. Finish your food.”“I’m not h

Chapter 28~ Jason.

“Argh!” A choked cry tore right out of my throat, my fingers digging desperately into the silk sheets. My knuckles burned as the sharp, blinding pain radiated across my body.“Jason...” Maddox’s voice sliced through the silence, dragging me brutally back to reality.I panted heavily, my chest heaving against the mattress as a wave of panic washed over me. I had messed up. I wasn't supposed to make a sound like that.“Please...” I whimpered out, my voice trembling.“Have you lost count, or shall we start all over again?” He asked smoothly. His tone was utterly devoid of emotion, detached and authoritative.Shit. If I had known he was capable of this sadistic shit, would I have even bothered coming downstairs for a glass of water? No... I never should have disobeyed him.“It... it was the third,” I groaned, burying my face deeper into the pillow.He didn't respond immediately. He just let the silence stretch, giving the burning pain time to sink deep into my skin. With every single stri

Chapter 29~ Jason.

My ass was still throbbing with a cruel, persistent heat. I cursed under my breath, swearing at myself for somehow being the cause of my own damn torment.I carefully shuffled out of the bathroom.Maddox wasn't up here. He was probably out.Christ! I really hoped he was—because I was starting to get terribly thirsty.It was already dawn, and I had already made up my mind that I was skipping all my classes today.There was no way in hell I was letting anyone on campus see me walking like a crippled duck. I had barely survived the rumors from last weekend, and now I was right back in the exact condition—except this time, with the mystery pain-relief ointment waiting in my nightstand drawer, I’d hopefully recover a little faster.Holding tightly onto the handrail, I navigated down the staircase. The trip took twice as long as it usually did.My eyes were heavy and swollen from a restless sleep filled with low groans I hadn't been able to stop until the sun came up.When I reached the liv

Chapter 30~ Maddox.

I banged on the door again, but there wasn't a single sign of willingness on the other side to open it—almost as if he had sworn never to set eyes on me again.Was it my fault he ended up in that pain? A simple instruction should be obeyed. It was as easy as that.I turned on my heel, walked back into my own bedroom, and grabbed the master bunch of keys from my nightstand drawer. Striding back toward his door, I smirked to myself. He probably thought I had already given up and walked away.Every time I thought Jace had finally learned his lesson, he proved me wrong. God, whenever he pulled this annoying shit, it made me want to break him even more. If he still had the strength left to fight me, maybe he could take a few more strikes. I shouldn't have stopped at four last night out of some misplaced sense of mercy. I had assumed he understood his place, but I guess I was dead wrong.I thrust the key into the lock, turned the mechanism with a sharp click, and twisted the knob open, step

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