JEREMY'S POV.
I stormed out of Maddie’s room, slamming the door behind me harder than I meant to. The sound rattled the walls, but I didn’t care. Every step I took away from her, away from that warmth I shouldn’t have wanted, felt like dragging myself through fire. Anger rolled through me like molten steel, hotter and more vicious than I expected.
I had expected to be upset—maybe hurt—but this… this was different. It wasn’t just anger. It was a storm I couldn’t control. The truth was ugly: I’d had a crush on Maddie since we were kids. I thought I’d grow out of it. I tried to convince myself it was normal, childish even, that it would fade. But it hadn’t. Seeing her with Calhoun, knowing what they’d done… it was unbearable.
I shouldn’t want her. She was supposed to be my cousin. But I co
