Invisible to My First Love (Harper and Maddox) novel Chapter 82

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Chapter 82

Harper

As soon as Tiffany mentioned my sister’s phone, I hoped that when I turned around, I’d see her dangling it and I’d be able to snatch it from her. But when I finally turned to face her, she had both hands on her hips. I was a little disappointed, but I still intended to go back to her.

I returned to her with long and hard strides that made my heels click loudly against the marble floor, my heart pounding hard in my ears.

“Where the hell is it?” I asked, looking all around her body like she had it hidden somewhere.

She mockingly clicked her tongue while shaking her head at me. “Damn, talk about desperation. You’re probably thinking that I’ve kept it somewhere. That’s where you’re wrong. I’m not that considerate. I smashed it and dumped it in the ocean.”

“What?” My loud voice echoed through the hallway.

“Damn, take it easy or you’ll disturb the little one growing inside of me.”

I just wanted to yank her hair or something and the fact that I couldn’t do it made me grit my teeth. “How could you do that?”

She gasped dramatically. “How could I not do that?”

She sighed with satisfaction, crossing her arms again as she circled around me. “I enjoyed every second of smashing that damn phone. Wanna know a fun fact? Before I did that, I went through every app on it and now, I know everything about Anna, like whether or not she’s employed, her pathetic love life, actual home address and if she has any social life.”

The way she said it all gave me no answers to any of the questions I’d had all along. It could’ve been one or the other.

“I know you’re dying of curiosity,” she said when she stopped circling around me and stared me down. “I’ll tell you everything. You only need to get on your knees and beg me.”

I longed for my sister more than anything, but not even that would make me get on my knees in front of Tiffany.

I swallowed the lump in my throat, my lips curving into a confident smile. “You’d really love it if I did that, but it’s not happening”

“Aww come on.” She pouted. “You know you want to.”

“Here’s the thing, I don’t need to hear anything from you. I only need to say the word and Maddox will set up a team to find out everything you know.”

She nodded, throwing her hands up in defeat. “Well, that’s your loss. On second thought, this is great. Until Maddox steps in, you’ll die inside every time you see me, knowing that I know everything about your sister while you know nothing.”

She laughed with so much satisfaction in my face and kept going even as she moved backwards to get to the bathroom door.

Even though she was already inside, I could still hear her annoying laughter. Then, she hummed, like she was at peace while I wasn’t.

Closing my eyes, I took a deep breath, telling myself it was all going to be okay, even when I couldn’t slap her.

And with that, I opened my eyes and faced the other direction, wanting to leave that hallway before she would make her way out of the bathroom.

A few seconds after I turned at the corner, I gasped with wide eyes when someone suddenly pulled me from behind and into a room.

I didn’t even have time to process who had done that to me, but I was panicking, trying to fight my way out of their hold.

It was only when I looked in front of me and realized it was Grayson that I held my breath while he pinned me against the wall.

“It’s me,” he said quietly.

My heart should’ve stopped racing upon realizing that I wasn’t in danger and it was just Grasyon, but that was what made it race even faster. Not only was I trapped against the wall with his face so close to mine, his hands rested right around my waist and even when I was calm, he didn’t let go.

“You scared me.” I managed to say, glancing at the bedroom we were in.

“I just really needed to talk to you alone and thought this was my chance.”

His hand placement on my waist sent a shiver down my spine and I arched my back a little, wanting to melt into the feeling.

“You’ve not been returning my calls or replying to my texts. Why?” he asked in a troubled tone, his face so close to mine that I could feel the warmth in his breath.