Chapter 71
Cracks in Control
(Axel’s POV)
I hadn’t slept in days.
Every morning I woke up with the same thought, ‘where the hell was Maya?’
Her phone was still off. No one at the hospital had seen her. Stella refused to speak to me, and Chase kept trying to say something I didn’t want to hear.
“Axel, listen to me,” Chase said, following me around the living room. “There’s something you need to know—”
“Not now,” I muttered, typing on my phone.
“Damn it, man, you can’t keep—”
“I said not now, Chase!” I snapped.
He threw up his hands. “Fine. Drive yourself insane, then.”
I barely heard him leave. The only sound that filled the room was the faint tapping of my fingers against the phone screen. x
“Maya, just pick up,” I muttered under my breath. “Please.”
No reply. Again.
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