Chapter 28 - Oblivious

MAVERICK

Lake’s eyebrows met, waiting for his mother to reply.

“I want alone time with her.”

He was hesitant at first but rose to his feet and kissed the top of my head. “If she makes you uncomfortable, just yell out.”

“You didn’t just say that. I’m not the one making her uncomfortable,” his mother said to him.

Once Lake was gone inside the house, I shifted in my seat. My heart thundered in my chest.

“Did he really do what he said?”

“Yeah, and I’m dumb. Now I feel so embarrassed. Considering our situation, I thought he was doing those to make me feel comfortable around him. Like he said, we have to make it look real in front of people. So I did what I did. It was nothing personal.”

“You don’t like my son, Maverick?” Her question caught me off guard.

I looked her in the eye and saw nothing but a loving and concerned mother. “I like him, but that’s it. I can’t fall for him. Our situation is complicated, and it’s contractual. It has an expiry date.”

“Why not? It’s just a contract. What’s