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FACADE OF HOPE.

My words trailed off as I gazed into Maxwell's piercing eyes. My heart was so heavy with the weight of my secrets that it was overwhelming.

No matter what I do, there's no way I could tell him what has happened to me. For my safety and also his.

"What's wrong, Laura? Why?" Maxwell asked, his voice laced with pain and concern. "You don't like me?"

I shook my head, not for the fact that I don't like him but instead, because I couldn't beat to hurt him, not now, not when I have started to have a deep connection with him.

"It- It's not-……." I trailed off, unable to form a reasonable reply to him.

"I understand if you don't like me back. Maybe, I've been reviving wrong signals for a long now. But I care about you and I do know now that you're not fine. You can tell me anything, I'm here for you"

My eyes welled up with tears as I struggled to find the right words.

I wanted to reveal and tell him everything. To trust him but whenever the words wanted to leave my mouth, something seemed to sn
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