Chapter 158

Madison

Alexander removed his hands from her waist, but his eyes remained locked on her face. His smile wasn’t the polite business smile he gave investors or the professional one I’d seen during meetings. This was something different, something genuine that reached his eyes and made them crinkle at the corners.

Who was she? My mind raced through possibilities. Was this the mysterious Katherine he’d called me that night when he was drugged?

She didn’t even match the blonde woman from the photograph I’d spotted in his penthouse—the one that disappeared so quickly after I noticed it. This woman had chestnut hair that cascaded in perfect waves down her back, not blonde locks. A friend or relative, perhaps? Or, more likely, another ex-girlfriend or hookup from Alexander’s extensive past.

She carried herself with the confidence of someone who knew exactly what she wanted and had probably gotten Alexander at some point.

I shifted my weight, trying not t