Forever Yours

.28

It seemed like he was walking in a nightmare.

Climbing down the staircase.  .his heart heavy.  .his soul wrenched up.  .

The crowd chattered about loudly, boisterously. .

And he felt like. .

There was something wrong with the world.

It celebrated .  rejoiced while he burned.

He was surrounded by voices and yet he had never felt this degree of loneliness. The world around him flowed with laughter and food and he couldn't help but wonder how could the world shift so suddenly? Because of one person. .

How could the bright colors turn grey because of her?

Smiles were flashed his way but he didn't have the courage to fake it. To pretend. Maximus breathed in and out. .the aftershock of what happened getting to him.

A waiter passed by him and Maximus snatched a shot from the tray—his hand shaking slightly as he tried to drown the fire in his heart. He forgot , pain couldn't be drowned, or fucked or forgotten.

The punch got to the back of his throat, making him wince.

"Whose that girl? Never seen her before."

A woman's curious voice made him look up. .and the burning inside his heart intensified! He felt a rage swirling in. . getting powerful like a tornado. Turning round and round until Maximus couldn't see anything but her. .

Diana had held her like a sister.

He had held her like his prized possession.  .and yet. .

Her hands twisting, she was looking  around. .a worried , almost desperate, look on her face as if she didn't have any hidden affair, his mind filled with acidic thoughts.

As if her soul was as pure as her eyes claimed to be, his mouth set up in a harsh line.

Her worried gaze sweeped over the crowd and then settled on him. .she sighed in relief.

She had to warn Maximus about Jake.

Maybe she wasn't brave enough to spill their history but. .

She needed time to confront her demons.

As she walked towards him, her heart jabbed at her. .her sixth sense going haywire as she saw the way he was staring back at her.

Standing tall and rigid, hands in the pants of his pockets. .eyes red rimmed he looked like he had gone to hell and back.

Emma frowned , her heart doing a double take but she didn't think much of it.

She had to talk to him!

And her feet halted when Maximus eye's flashed dangerously and he begin to march towards her.

His stance aggressive.

Hands clenched into fists.

People cast him a wary glance but seemed like he was in his own world.

Emma's stomach dropped seeing him getting near . .

What the . . .

Why did she suddenly wanted to step back? Hide?

Just when he nearly reached her—

A maid came between them, sounding breathless.

"Miss wants to see you. She said it's urgent." She rushed ,out of breath.