Chapter Sixteen
Max
I fell asleep tangled up in Harlow and woke up the same way. I didn’t know what the hell I was doing. Not really. All I knew was I wasn’t about to leave her side. It felt too f*****g good to be with her. She was like a d**g, with a straight line into my veins.
After we unraveled ourselves, I carried her to the shower. Once we were all washed up, we fell back into bed with her drifting off to sleep tucked against my shoulder, one of her calves hooked over mine. I’d lain awake for a while, contemplating how difficult it was to maintain my control when it came to Harlow.
I had never had to put too much effort into relationships. It had only become easier once I was a successful CEO with money and connections. Not that I cared all that much. Though I had money now, I’d
