Chapter Twenty-One
Maddie sat pushing her food around the plate. Coming home with Gunnar and Axel had been a mistake. A huge mistake. She’d have been better off sulking back at the Big House, away from the pointed questions of her cousins. But at least she’d been able to raid Hope’s closet for a change of clothes.
There was something ugly between Blake and Kylee. She was sure of it. She’d use her question from their bet to get to the bottom of it. As for the rest of their deal… all bets were off until he came clean. She simply couldn’t be with someone who wasn’t straightforward.
No matter how much she wanted him.
“Maddie Jane, what’s got into you? You look like a prairie chicken ready to go on a rampage.”
Her head snapped up. Did every man in Prairie sound alike? “Let it go, Axe.” Und
