Chapter 5

Maximus

I stayed there watching her run away from me like I had the plague.

What just happened?

I honestly felt foolish, for even offering to take her home. It was a decent thing to do, but she refused again.

I think I even saw her eyes water, but she left me no time to react. I stayed there with my eyes wide open, in some sort of shock. What just happened I wondered for the hundredth time.

That drunk asshole apologized to me first, as if the ball hit me instead of her. Who does that? It was obviously an accident, but his attitude really pissed me off. He couldn't even stand on two feet, let alone play with a ball in open space.

Damn that ball hit her hard.

Lena seemed so angry and yet said nothing, did nothing at all. She didn't even demand a new phone as she should. She just stayed there motionless. What was wrong with her?

She was clearly in pain, but she said she was fine, as she froze there and then ran away. She was gone in seconds. So weird.

I have never had a w