71. Complicated

ANYA

I walked as fast as I could from Kern's room. My heart was beating fast against my chest just thinking about what I had heard.

How could he like me? It just did not make any sense at all.

I rushed to my room and was about to shut the door when a hand-held it, stopping me from closing it.

I looked at Abel, who had a worried look on his face. "Are you okay?" He asked me.

I shook my head. "I just want to be left alone for now....we are going to talk later," I informed him. How could he expect me to be happy after what I had just heard?

"I think we need to talk about this ...you don't need to let his feelings for you affect you ...you didn't do anything wrong as you can't control his feelings. Besides, I don't think that he has feelings for you. He's just confused now. He will see that all of this is in his head when he's calmed down. You can't let him affect you!" Abel said to me.

I shook my head. I knew that he was saying this to make me feel better.

"I am not stupid, Abel. I