Chapter 23: Jealous

“I never said you were,” Mikki replied, anger rising up inside of her chest. “I didn’t mean it as a complaint. I was just telling you how I felt.”

“I know you didn’t. I just wanted to make it clear. I didn’t want us to start this with misunderstandings between us,” he reasoned.

Mikki clenched her fists.

She didn’t want to hear it, but she was curious as to why he wouldn’t force her to do it. Not that she wanted him to. Of course she didn’t want Max to be that kind of man at all.

But it wouldn’t hurt to know that he cared if she stayed or not, if she went through with all of this. At least it would feel like he cared for her more than he showed.

He was showing that he cared by giving her the option to marry him or not, and she was grateful. She truly was. She just wanted something more from him. Perhaps that’s what was bothering her so much.