Chapter Twenty-Nine

**Greyson**

Watching her fall asleep in my arms is one of the most amazing things I have ever experienced. I have never wanted someone to be close to me after sex.

Normally I get up into the shower waiting for them to see themselves out or Beverly to make them breakfast and show them out while I went to my office.

This. This is different. I craved to be near her. I wanted that contact.

She rolls over and makes a cute snoring noise throwing some of the covers off herself. I pull them up seeing the pink spots on the sheets and I instantly feel guilty. I hope I have not hurt her.

I Check her over just to be sure and I spot a line of dried blood along with one of her thighs. Sliding out of the bed I head into the bathroom, being careful not to wake her. I grab a warm cloth and head back into the room gently cleaning her up.

I do not want her to wake up and panic at something completely normal, I also make a mental note to get Beverley to wash the sheets tomorrow discreetly.

As I slide back into bed pulling her close to me once more, the sweet scent of peaches coming off her hair filling keeping me calm.

As I lay there staring up at the ceiling, I cannot help but feel mixed emotions. Everything that happened with Max last night is still replaying over and over.

I watched the way he looked at Gen, how he stared at her breasts quite obviously it took all my patience not to go in there and smash him in the face.

Seeing him in this new light has made me realise it is not new at all. I think about the times when I would bring girlfriends to the house, id leaves them to get a drink and they say on the drive to him how he was weird with them.

I shook it off as he was my brother, I figured they were just looking for a way for me to be their knight in shining armour like it would mean I would not leave them or something.

I see it know I see the way he treats Lily; he pays no attention to her really, in a room full of people he has wandering eyes and she seems to just deal with it. Is it because she is so used to it or is it because she does not care?

The biggest concert here is Brittany, she thinks by doing this I will be hers, my brother has her so twisted that she went along with his crazy plan and slept with him.

She's now carrying his baby and he knows it; he doesn’t care for her he just wants to one-up me, and I can’t let him this time. He must be exposed for what he really is, exposing him to the public would do nothing he does not care.

I need to hit him where it hurts, I need to play the game he is so good at.

I need to expose him to my Father.

With that final thought, I drift off into sleep, once again pulling Gen closer to me.

**Genevieve**

I can feel the warm sun on my face, the light peeping through my eyelids letting me know it is time to wake up. I lie there just savouring the last moments of sleep.

I go to move out of the bed before I realise a heavy arm is wrapped around my midsection, a hand cupping one of my breasts.

Turning to see Greyson, the memories of last night come flooding back to me in waves.

The argument.

The kiss.

The Sex.

The last one replaying over like a movie, it is as though I can feel his hands on me all over again. The heat now pooling between my legs, the blood rushing to my cheeks.

I grab Greyson’s shirt and slide away from his arms, heading to the bathroom, the stinging sensation making me whimper with pain as I finish. A small throbbing still presents making me want to cross my legs.

Washing my hands and staring at myself in the mirror, I scan my body. I do not know why but I expected it to look different somehow, I expected me to be different.

I am for sure a little more awakened, and I’m happy. Greyson was my first and I do not think I would have wanted it to be anyone else.

I am not thrilled about how we got to that point, letting anger consume both of us so much we needed that release. But when it came it was unlike anything I have ever experienced, it sent me to places I didn’t even know existed.

Heading back into the room, my eyes are fixated on him asleep. I wonder if I should get back into bed here or sneak back of to my own room and shower.
Would he want me to stay, or would he prefer to see me a bit later, I decide on the latter slipping silently out of the room and up the corridor.

I grab some fresh clothes out of the drawer and leave them on the bed before heading into my bathroom, filling the tub with bubble bath and jumping right in as soon as it is full.

I lay there in silence, eyes closed, thinking about everything and anything. My heart is full right now but part of me wonders how long it will last.

It is like a niggling feeling in the depths of my stomach and I can’t seem to shake it.
I wonder about Brittany too, would love really to drive you to do something as crazy as she has done, does she even realise the extent of it.

She is going to have a baby, more to the point she was planning on convincing Greyson it’s his. Would she lie to him forever? if his brother had not told me would he have eventually tossed me aside for her.

I am too lost in thought of hearing the sounds of the bathroom door opening.

“Hey, I woke up and wondered where you had gone, is there room for one more?”

Opening my eyes to face him I see Greyson stood there in all his naked glory, I cannot help but look him over. His muscly legs, olive tanned skin. My eyes involuntarily stop at his midsection and I feel my head tilt to the side wondering how all that fit in me.

“Ahem. I have eyes you know”.

My bath suddenly feels red hot as my whole-body blushes, and I look away.

“Oh god I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to stare it’s just you came in naked and I didn’t expect it and…”


“Gen will you chill out it’s fine you can look, it’s nice to be admired “

He winks at me before stepping into the other side of the bath, thank god it is big enough if this was my bathroom and Alex’s house it would be flooded by now and both of us would be stuck together.

Alex. As I remember my old house, I remember him. The words we spoke to one another, how he said he was sorry it coupled with thoughts of angry Greyson.

“Are you okay, you look lost in thought”.

I look over at him seeing him stretched out and surrounded by bubbles makes me let out a small giggle, he responds by splashing me with water.

I do the same back and feel his arms snake around me pulling me to him, my back now leaning on his chest, he lets go when I give in and stop trying to move.

The tension in the air has built and we are now both sitting in silence not knowing what to say.

“You know your hair smells like peaches?”

“Really? That’s what you are going with to break the ice?”

He chuckles behind me.

“Okay fine you got me. I actually think we should talk about last night”


As soon as he says that I feel my fists clench under the water. I guess I knew this would come. I just did not expect it so soon.

“What about it”

I can hear my own trembling in my voice, only he does this to me only he makes me feel unsure.

“I guess I just wanted to let you know that I am really happy it happened “

He leans down and kisses me on the shoulder.

“You are?”

“Always the tone of surprise. Of course, I am it was amazing”


He kisses me again and I feel myself getting hotter.

“You are amazing, you have no idea how long I’ve wanted to be with you like that”.

He kisses my neck again but this time it is different, it’s softer and more intimate. His hands roping around my body pawing at my stomach and breasts, making a small moan escape my lips.

“I’m happy it was you Greyson”.

He pulls away from my neck and I turn my head to face him, he has a look of concern this time.

“Are you okay, I didn’t hurt you, did I?”

I decide to answer him honestly.

“I am fine, just a little tender”.

He captures my chin with his fingers and kisses me softly on the lips, before placing his forehead on my own.

“You know you really are beautiful”.
I cannot help but smile, but I’m feeling hot. I need to break away from him for a second.

“I bet you say that to all the girls”.

I splash him with water before pulling away from him and climbing out of the bath.

“Now that’s a view I could get used to”.

I grab a towel off the rail and wrap it around myself covering my bum, so it is no longer in full view.

“Oh, come on Gen don’t take it away so soon”


I giggle and head into my room, hearing him get out of the bath.

“You know Greyson. Last night was amazing but do you think we should maybe talk about what happened prior to that.”

He raises an eyebrow at me before sitting on the chair in the corner of the room, a towel wrapped around his waist and a smaller one slung around his shoulder.

“You mean with Max”


“Yes. What are we going to do about him and Brittany”?

“WE. Are not going to do anything. Max is more dangerous than I realised, and I don’t want you getting involved in that”.

“I am already involved your brother told me a lot of things last night Grey, he also made a lot of suggestive comments he is lucky I didn’t punch him like the guys in the diner”


“I saw the way he looked at you, I have to admit it would have been very amusing to watch you hit him”.

He stands up and paces a few steps.

“In all serious Gen, I was thinking about this last night. I think I’m going to have to play him at his own game”.

“What do you mean “

“I mean I’m going to go along with his plan. I am going to play him at his own game until I can expose him to my Father”.

“Why just your Father why not just leak his quadruple life to the press ?”


“He is smarter than that Gen, he will expect it and I bet he has a plan to deal with it. All of this boil down to him wanting the company and the person that can give it is my Father”.

“Okay, but do you think it will work?”

“Yes, the whole reason I married you was that he told me I had to have a nice family image. When he finds out about Max it will tear him apart. Max is everything my father doesn’t want to lead the company; he is everything my father think I am and so much more”.

The reminder of why I ended up here makes me shiver a little, I momentarily forgot that the whole reason why I became a Maddox.

“You have to let me Help you Greyson, I think I can get Max to tell me more of his plans. Max works the same way as my brother, it broke me when it was him but now, I know what I am up against. I know how to navigate it all”.

He looks at me blankly.

“I may be your fake wife, but I can be your real partner”.





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