Chapter 72

Elena POV

Grabbing a towel from the linen cupboard, I almost groan when I notice Axton coming up the hallway after me. Quickly shutting the door, I rush toward the stairs trying to escape him. The shower is calling my name, just as I climb a few steps, I hear the boys cry out. Glancing over my shoulder Axton stops mid-stride. He presses his lips in a line, giving me a look that says our little tiff is not over.

Yet his hovering lately is driving me insane. Everywhere I turn, he’s there! Breathing down my neck like he thinks I am about to have a nervous breakdown. I’m not. I’m just focused. Walking down the hall toward our room, I hear the boys fall quiet. Why son, why? Just cry for five more minutes so I can shower in peace….

I know Axton is just worried about me, but it’s not helping. I feel suffocated and frustrated, like my every move is being scrutinized. I take a deep breath and remind myself that he’s only trying to help.

Stepping into the bedroom, I am flooded with light. I squint, moving around the spacious bedroom to the windows to close the curtains.

“What do you expect? You’ve been in that dark-ass room most of the day,” Lexa snaps at me.

“It wasn’t dark.”

indicated to me that it was

and then the curtains. Although I am relieved she is talking to me, she has been quiet the last

toe on the corner of the huge plush king-sized bed taking up the center of the damn room. A loud gasping groan leaves my lips at the pain and my

annoying commentary while I hop on the other foot, a towel over my shoulder while

shift and break bones all the

it did to my toe, I think it would win that one too so think twice about punishing it. Regathering myself, I wiggle my toes and then head

on a hook on the wall near the bathtub that runs along the window. Once I’m done, I start the shower and step in, letting the scalding water

I hear the bathroom door creak open.

think you could escape me?” Axton chuckles. I turn around to face him. “I did once….” I remind him, not that I have any

vanity, his eyes smoldering with intensity when they finally lift to mine with a devious smile on his lips. “As if you

me,” I tell him, raising my eyebrows in challenge. He takes a step forward, his eyes flashing with amusement. “You’re already caught,” he purrs, and I can’t help but shiver in response. “Oh, really?” I mock him

it off. His muscular body is toned. and sculpted, with firm and full pecs,

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