CHAPTER 65

An unexpected visitor

Pov: Maddison

"Maddie?!" I heared Olivia call out nervously from the sitting room. "Someone's here to see you!"

I paused from where I was folding my clothes and stashing them into a cupboard in Olivia's spare room.

I walked out of the room, past the hallway, past the living room and into the foyer where the door was left ajar and Olivia was talking with someone.

"She'll be out in a minute," she was telling the person.

"Can't I come in?"

I froze, realizing the voice and resisting the urge to run and hide from him. My heart attacked my rib cage mercilessly.

"You can't," Olivia said, her voice firm. Leaving no room for an argument. "Maddie has to recognize and identify you before I let you in my house."

That soft chuckle like light rain and soft sunlight. "If I wanted to force my way into your home, I would have pulled a gun on your head the second you opened the door for me."

"I'm not defenceless. I know jujitsu."

"Hot."

I didn't see it but I knew Olivia rolled her