Jess’s POV
Mason coming back to this city is turning out to be a bigger problem than I ever imagined. I’ve told Maximus over and over again to tell his brother to stay the hell away from me, but does he listen? No.
Mason seems determined to make my life a living nightmare.
I can’t shake the memory of the last time I saw him. the way he grabbed me by the throat in that restaurant. My heart was pounding, my body frozen with fear. In that moment, I thought he was actually going to kill me.
He wasn’t the Mason I used to know. No, this version of him is darker, more vicious, more unhinged.
I always knew Mason hated me, but hate me enough to strangle me? That’s a whole new level. And yet, I didn’t tell Maximus. How could I?
Somehow, in Maximus’s eyes, I’d always be the bad guy, especia
