Too Close to Breathe

Hadley’s POV

Maddox looked up at the sound of the door opening. And when our eyes met, I swear my lungs forgot how to work.

He froze.

And then his gaze…god help me…dragged. Slowly. From my face down to my black crop top… lower, over the slit in my skirt that I knew showed way too much thigh… and lingered.

Like… lingered.

My skin burned under the weight of it. And I’m pretty sure the air in the roo