Book 5: Fulfilling Her Promise to Her Mom

After the most blissful sleep of her life, Iris woke up in Maddox’s warm embrace. “Good morning, sunshine! Freshen up fast. We’re going out.” He seemed in no hurry at all. In fact, he didn’t want to go back to his lonely house without Iris.

This time, there’ll be no Iris to return home to. He dreaded facing Lucille and his mom. It was difficult to know what plan they were hatching now. 

“Are we staying here another night?” Iris stretched, looking at the man she had given her everything to. Last night had been the most memorable night of her life. She could almost feel Maddox’s love for her. The tenderness with which he had touched her made her feel like the most treasured one in his life. Did he treat all his hook-ups similarly? Or was she really special?

Could she be so lucky? Fate had never been kind to her so far. Could she hope? 

“We’ll check out after lunch. Stanford is an hour and a half from here. So we should reach by evening. Then dinner with the