Page 116 of One Eye Open (The BlackWater)

“Urgh here we go.” Maddie muttered.

“What kind of initiation?” Becky asked.

“The best kind.” Ben said clicking his fingers to the barman so he could order more drinks.

By the time the bar closed Maddie wasn’t even sure she could walk straight. She half fell into the taxi and cursed the amount of time it would take to get back to Cole’s house. Her only saving grace she thought was that Cole was in Berlin and thankfully she’d not have to see him in this state. He wasn’t getting back until Sunday so she had ample time to both lament and recover.

Her head hurt. She was the drunkest she’d been in a long time and she had a good mind to spend the entire weekend in bed.

The taxi left her at the gates and she put in the code and stumbled up to the door fumbling with the key as she tried to open it before she eventually got the damn thing in the lock.

She dumped her bag, kicked off her shoes, and crawled on her hands and knees up the stairs.

“Fuck me Maddie.” She moaned out loud as she made it to the landing. She tried to stand and her head spun like it was all too much so she lay on the carpet giggling like an idiot waiting for the dizziness to pass.

“What are you doing?” Cole said standing over her and she gasped.

“You.” She said. “What are you doing here?”

He raised his eyebrows.

“Are you drunk?”

“Me?” She said grinning. “Why would I be drunk?”

“Fucking hell Maddie.” He groaned running his eyes over her. She looked like she could barely walk.

“How the hell did you get in this state?” He asked.

“At the bar.” She said. “You were gone Cole. You left me and I had no one else to entertain me.”

“Seriously?” He sighed going to pick her up but she grabbed him with all the strength she could muster and pulled him down beside her.

“What are you doing Maddie?”

“Lie with me.” She said. “This carpet is so plush. So comfy.”

“How much have you drunk?” He asked.

She giggled looking over at him. “Why Cole? What you thinking?”

He rolled his eyes. “Let’s get you to bed.”

“Oooo is the big bad CEO going to fuck me?”

“What?”

“Is he? Does Cole Black want some play time now he’s back?”

“Maddie.” He groaned picking her up and carrying her to the bed. “Jesus you stink of alcohol.”

“Don’t you want me Cole?” She asked grabbing him and manoeuvring herself so that she was now straddling him.

“Maddie.” He said grabbing her shoulders.

“Fuck me Cole.” She groaned before grabbing at his shirt kissing him. He kissed her for a moment, his hands gripping painfully in her hair and he pulled back.

“Maddie stop.” He said.

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