Chapter 856

Layla's POV

“I swear if you even think about opening that door, I’ll tie you to this couch,” Maddie muttered, grabbing the remote and turning up the TV volume as if that would drown him out. 

“He just wants to spin more lies. He’s probably got some new sob story ready to go.”

She was right.

I knew she was right.

And yet, my chest ached watching him.

He kept knocking, his voice breaking slightly. 

"Layla, please! You don’t understand…just let me explain!"

Explain what? That he had been lying to me this whole time? That he had let me fall for him while knowing he had a wife? That he had strung me along with sweet words and empty promises?

I clenched my fists.

No.

I wasn’t going to do this.

I wasn’t going to let Logan manipulate me again.

I forced myself to look away from the screen, but I could still hear him. Still hear the desperation in his voice, the frustration, the regret. An