Drake POV
“How long were you going to let me look like a fool?” Maddie asks me. I look at this woman in front of me. I can see her anger and hurt, but I have no idea how to help her. “Maddie, you don’t look like a fool,” I start to say as she huffs. She’s standing off by the wall now and I cannot reach her. I stand to move toward her, but she starts to move clearly indicating there is a line in the sand where she doesn’t want me to cross.
“I’m the fool. I should have told you sooner, and I most definitely didn’t want you to find out from someone else,” I assure her. She looks at me with contempt. “I didn’t feel we were close enough to have that conversation,” I say to her. “And Kate is right, it was so long ago, it wasn’t a big deal,” I finish.
“It’s a big deal to me,” she says looking
