A week passed, and Lucas didn’t show up to see Maxine. After that scene at the university, the young man didn’t contact her again.
“I thought I’d be his slave,” Maxine muttered to herself in front of the mirror, combing her shoulder-length hair. “Well, this is okay too. Besides, maybe he won’t continue the contract.”
“Who are you talking to?”
“Oh my gosh, Mom! You scared me,” she exclaimed, turning to her mother. She hadn’t noticed her mother’s arrival.
“Who were you talking to?”
“No one. I was talking to myself.”
“You silly girl.”
She applied a little lipstick and powder to her face.
“Okay, Mom, I’m leaving.” She kissed her mother.
“Be careful.”
“Yes, Mom.”
SHE got her books from her locker when she arrived at the university for her class that day. As soon as she closed her locker, Hevo’s face appeared before her.
“Why do you always pop up wherever I am…?” she jokingly asked him.
“Because I’m stalking you,” he replied nonchalantly, then smiled. To be fair, he was cute.
“Crazy…!”
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