Chapter 27. He Came for Me

KIRA

Did Alana really not know he was my client? I stood in front of him and my breath stopped. The same Machiavellian smile, the same arrogance I knew so well. If the earth had opened up right now and swallowed me, I wouldn’t have minded.

“Did you expect it to be someone else? Sorry to disappoint you, Kira!” he said, maintaining the same smile on his perfect face.

Lord, I wished to just turn back time and be in bed sleeping with Maddie in my arms.

This thought hurt me so much, thinking that the situation I was in now placed Maddie the closest to her father that she had ever been. I felt so helpless and vulnerable.

“What are you doing here?” I snapped without realizing it was a business matter.

“Oh well, we have a deal to close, remember?” he explained. “Please, have a seat!”

He was so arrogant that I wished I wouldn’t sit down and just walk away. But something stopped me.

“I’ll sit down just because we have business to discuss. Howeve