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MAXINE

He caught me off guard. It meant that he still cared about me. I didn't focus on that though. “I won’t, I promise,” I replied.

We stood there in silence for a while, neither of us knowing what to say. I could feel it though. I could feel it. The unspoken feelings and questions we didn't have the time to ask.

Or we didn't dare to ask, I guess.

After everything that had happened, I still wasn’t sure where we stood. I said I was okay with him hating me but, I didn't know anymore. The lines between us were confusing now. I didn't know how to fix that.

But now wasn’t the time to focus on that. We had a mission and that was a priority. Every other thing could come after. We would cross that bridge later.

For some reason, Liam stepped closer and I held my breath. “Regardless of what has happened between us, out there?” He said, “No matter what happens, we’ll get through this together. Do you understand?”

I nodded. “Together,” I repeated.

Before I could say anything else, Zel appeared