Our little family

31. trouble

Maxs POV

III.. found this on instagram- it's kinda everywhere"

She said, holding her phone up to my face with a photo on the screen.

It showed me and Casey, as I was carrying her into the mansion and the comments beneath it were clear.

They were full of question and exclamation marks and it was obvious that the fans had figured out too much by now.

I took a deep breath before looking back at Nury.

Casey had fallen awfully quiet after Nury'd shown her the photo aswell and the three of us knew that this hadn't been supposed to happen.

"It's alright, I will handle it.
Don't you worry about it"

I broke the silence with a one sided smile and Nury gave me her concerned, big eyes which made me chuckle.

I knew that this meant trouble and was actually not sure to what extent that trouble could grown once Terri came back from vacation tonight.

But I naturally took it upon myself to be the calm one in the room.

"It's alright- I'll take care of things but don't tell him anything okay?"

I told Nury and she looked concerned as she nodded hesitantly.

"He'll get wind of it eventually and a little more time without this idiot around won't hurt."

I tried to lighten the mood a bit but Casey seemed to have sunken into thought while Nury scrunched her brows in worry.

"I don't want you getting pulled into this - do you hear me sweetheart? Keep it to yourself for now and just don't try to fix it alright?"

I asked because Nury was anxiously chewing on her lip.

"I don't want you to-"

I shook my head with a smile interruting her, petting over her head gently as I led her towards the door.

"Don't break your sweet head with worry, I'll be fine Nu"

I reassured, giving her a small hug before she left for her own room.

This was a disaster and I now knew that the clock was ticking till Terri would contact me.

Till he came back I needed to get Casey out or else she would get drawn into this.

I leaned againt the door as Casey and I exchanged looks.

"And you wonder why I thought you were together"

Casey stated and I had to chuckle as she just ignored how fucked we were after the previous discovery.

I was glad for her lightheartedness and happily went with her plan to change the subject for now.

"Are you jealous?"

I teased and Casey gave me dead eyes.

"No-"

She lied with a roll of her pretty eyes and I grinned as I joined her on the bed again.

"So cute-"

I commented, pecking her pouting lips.

"You're the only one I wanna pin down on the bed - promise"

I cheered her up with a smirk and Casey shook hear head while suppressing a smile.

"Ey- I'm serious, she's like a little sister to me I'd NEVER look at her that way.. you're different - there's absolutely no reason to be jealous -"

I said honestly and she seemed to be satisfied with that even tho she giggled now.