Chapter 356

Madison

I woke to the soft glow of morning light filtering through unfamiliar curtains. For one blissful moment, I lived in peaceful ignorance before reality crashed like a bucket of ice water.

Alexander’s penthouse. Alexander’s bed.

Beside me, Alexander Knight slept soundly, his usually severe expression relaxed in slumber. One muscular arm was flung carelessly above his head, the other resting on his bare chest.

Oh god. What did I do?

Memories from the night before flooded back with merciless clarity. The party. Jackson. Alexander’s text asking me to stay. The whiskey.

The kiss. My kiss. I had kissed him.

Heat rushed to my face as I remembered how I’d practically thrown myself at him. How my hands had tangled in his hair, how I’d moaned when he’d lifted me onto the kitchen counter, how I’d begged him to—

Stop. I needed to get out of here.

Moving with exaggerated care, I slid from beneath the Egyptian cotton sheets. My dr