CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Mauri had just presented Dax with a threat he couldn’t beat out of his way. Given Mauri’s penchant for reuniting family members, it shouldn’t be a surprise he’d pulled this stunt, but his mother was the last thing he’d ever think of as a gift.
Storming out of the family filled room, Dax began to head for the exit but stopped mid-stride in the entrance foyer to spin around. Ivy. She was still in that damn room, and he couldn’t walk out of here and abandon her in this place. She hadn’t even wanted to come to this party, but he had insisted nothing untoward would happen, how wrong he had been.
“Hey,” Brad said, rushing over to Dax, who was staring at the end of the corridor he’d just come from, hoping Ivy would emerge. “What’s going on?”
“f**k off,” Dax said.
If Ivy wasn’
