72. Promises

Brielle Clarke

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Maxim had told me he was only going to be gone for three hours as the journey to and fro didn’t take more than two hours, but it had been more than five hours and he still wasn’t back.

I tried to call him several times, but he wasn’t answering. It made me worried. I even tried calling Andrei but it wasn’t going.

I couldn’t do much but worry, so I tried not to think too much about it and went downstairs for the first time today. Maxim had brought my food upstairs and we had eaten together before he left for his supposed mission.

I had spent my time transferring my clothes and products into Maxim’s room without any help.

Mikhail was also not around so I went straight to the kitchen, knowing Marina was going to be in there as always.

However, when I reached it, I was surprised to see that she was not alone. She had company.

“Hi, little Bri.”

My first instinct was to glare at her and ask her what the hell she was doing here since Maxim had nothing to do with her anymo