==Layla==
The text message on the phone screen felt like an icy bucket of water dumped on my head. You were too slow, big brother. I have the will, and tomorrow, the Langford empire belongs to me.
Big brother. The words burned into my mind. Maddox had a secret brother. A hidden rival who was waiting in the dark to steal everything.
Maddox stared at the phone screen. The wet hair on his forehead dripped onto the mattress. His entire body went completely stiff. The soft, warm feeling of our wet shower encounter vanished in an instant. His muscles became hard like granite rock. His big jaw clenched so tight I could hear the bones grinding together.
He did not say a word. He just stood up from the bed, his wet clothes clinging to his massive frame. He grabbed the safe key card from the nig
