Charlotte:
Tears sprung down my eyes, whimpers forcing to leave my lips.
My heart seed to stop beating as I heard them talk. Maximus had never spoken to like that. He was so soft, so willing to submit to her.
The fact that I had seen his car pull up in the driveway and ran to the door to welco him—only to hear him and Helanie talking outside—blew my mind. Why wouldn’t he notice ?
He was begging her to accept him so he could take a step like stopping his father’s engagent to Ursula.
That shocked .
"And what about my academy?" I heard the ungrateful, manipulative witch ask him.
She wanted to continue her academy even after he told her he loved her?
I would have left my whole world behind for him.
That was the problem. Why couldn’t Maximus see the difference between us?
"You can continue the academy, just that I won’t be the trainer here. But rest assured, you will continue your academy. Norman will make it happen for ," he said.
I was losing my mind listening to them.
It was basically just him begging her to be with him.
I ran back to my room to avoid getting caught by them. Tears welled up in my eyes as I slamd the door shut and locked it.
"Where have you been? I was waiting for you—" My mom was sitting on my bed, cutting fruit for when she saw struggling to breathe.
"It’s over—" I uttered with difficulty.
It felt like the world had collapsed on .
Nothing looked alive anymore.
Just the mory of hearing Maximus talk so sweetly and profess his undying love for Helanie had scared enough that I slid against the door and dropped to the floor with a thud.
"Char! What’s wrong?" The only person who truly cared about jumped off the bed and rushed toward .
"Baby! What’s wrong? Why are you crying? Did soone say sothing to you?" She started wiping my tears, but there was a whole sea ready to pour out, a volcano ready to erupt.
"Mom! It’s all over," I continued, sobbing and hiccupping.
"Char, I can’t see you like this. Please tell what’s wrong," my mother broke down just watching cry.
I didn’t want to worry her, but I couldn’t hold it in anymore.
Helanie stole my Maximus from .
"She—she stole him from ," I broke down even louder this ti, covering my face with my hands before I started slapping and hitting myself.
My mother’s fingers tightly gripped my wrists as she did her best to stop from hurting myself.
But I was already hurting so badly. A few hits were nothing compared to losing Maximus.
"Listen to , look at !" My mom finally got a hold of my face and forced to et her eyes.
"Now tell , what happened? Who stole whom?" she asked, her eyes already filled with tears before she even knew the full story.
"That slut—Helanie—she and Maximus—"
I didn’t even have to explain further. My mother already knew what I was going to say next.
The widening of her eyes showed her shock.
"They are... having an affair?" she whispered, trying to keep the words from reaching the walls.
I gave her a nod, enough for her to cover her mouth in utter disgust.
I told her everything I had heard between hiccups, and she listened to my cries attentively.
"I will fucking expose her to the council for this forbidden affair. I will make sure she dies a horrible death, a death like a pig’s—" My breathing was out of control. My emotions were all over the place.
With every word I spoke, I gasped and then hiccupped.
"No! You won’t do anything," my mother’s stern voice pulled out of my trauma, and I glared at her.
"You want to sit and watch her have Maximus? Don’t you know how much I love him?"
I shouldn’t have to tell my mother about my love for Maximus. She knew everything about it.
"I grew up only loving one man, Mom. I never even wished to have anyone else in my life. I just wanted Maximus. I could go live in the woods with him, work hard, and even clean houses if that’s what it takes. I just want Maximus. If I have him, I don’t want anything else," I said.
Saying those things out loud took back to the mont I stood outside and heard Maximus convincing Helanie to accept him.
Why did he need to beg her?
Why?
If he had asked , I would have bowed at his feet.
But he overlooked my love for him and went after the obvious seductress. Of course, he did.
Won like her are so clever. And girls like —shy and innocent—are always left behind in these situations.
"You’re not getting my point. It seems like the only reason they aren’t together is because Helanie is afraid of everyone finding out. So if you expose them, Maximus will just take her and leave. Once the truth is out, Lord McQuoid will definitely tell them to go. Do you really want to help them? Let’s keep it a secret for now," my mother argued.
She wasn’t getting it.
Every passing second was dangerous for us. Maximus and Helanie could tell his father about them, and then it would all be over.
"I can—I can get her killed."
I snapped out of my misery and looked back at my mother, hope shining in my eyes.
"You’ve gone mad. Just shut up and do as I say. I will make sure they never happen. I just need to pass the right information to Ursula at the right ti. Ursula will take care of her ssy daughter herself," my mom grunted, her eyes filled with tears as she watched cry.
I would go above and beyond to have Maximus.
He is mine, and he will only be mine.
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