Asking for a Friend

Hadley’s POV

No.

Wait…no?!

Did I just… get rejected by Maddox?

I blinked, my body still frozen in the middle of the kitchen, the words echoing like a slap. He looked at me, his jaw tight, his gaze unreadable, and then said it.

“We should call it a night.”

And then… he walked away.

He actually walked away.

I stared after him, completely stunned. My mouth parted in disbelief, but nothing came out. I