Chapter 26
JAY
I went straight for the nearest bag, not bothering with gloves. Every word Maggie had said to me went through my fists and into the leather as I tried to work things out in my head.
She’d stepped in front of a bullet for me but acted like it meant nothing.
She’d assumed the kiss was because I thought she owed me something.
She’d thought I wanted s*x in exchange for a longer deadline.
She wanted nothing to do with me.
And I wanted her. Still.
Sweat poured down my neck and my knuckles were in agony, but I kept going. Punching, my teeth gritted to keep from screaming in frustration.
Maggie didn’t want to see me anymore, that much was clear. She couldn’t believe I had feelings for her, or that I had feelings at all. And yet I did. I loved the way she argued with me, eve
