Chapter 13

Mary

Could it be that Peter is having to face the same thing I am? Who do these idiots think they are to say something like that about him?

It was bad enough that they thought he was with me to stay in the country, now they think it's about the money? Is it so hard to imagine that he could be with me because he likes me?

" What are you looking at? " I muttered as I noticed some people staring at me, "Get to work!”

I went back to my office, threw myself on the sofa and closed my eyes. Maybe I could get some sleep to ease the pain that was about to bring me to tears.

" Mary, I brought some medicine," Halley knelt down beside me.

" Why is it so hard to believe that someone is with me because they like me and not because I am a Navruz? " I opened my eyes feeling frustrated.

Well, Pyotr was with me because of our arrangement, but was it impossible for someone to at least consider that he was with me because he liked me?

" In college with Fred it was the same thing, they said he was wi