Stephen POV
Both mine and Tiffany's heads snapped toward the doorway, and for a moment, time seemed to freeze around me. My heart stopped, my chest tightening as I saw Maddie standing there in shock. Her face was pale, her eyes wide with shock, darting between Tiffany and me. I could see the exact moment her heart broke and her trust in me faltered, and it shattered me.
“Maddie,” I breathed, my voice barely above a whisper as I desperately searched for words to say. I took a hesitant step toward her, my hand instinctively reaching out toward her figure.
But Maddie did not move. She just stood there, frozen in place, her body stiff, her expression a mixture of disbelief and devastation as her green eyes sized me up.
“Well,” Tiffany started, her voice breaking the suffocating silence. S
