Chapter 269: Fear of being caught
THIRD PERSON’S POV
"Stop," Maverick finally felt his energy returning when he saw the empty room and rushed behind his woman.
He saw her turning around the corner and held her hand to stop her from moving.
"Please stop, Mitsuki. I... I am scared too," Maverick whispered and stepped before her when she stopped.
He fell on his knees and took a deep breath, letting his vulnerability surface for the first time from that night seven years ago so that he could show his woman that he was scared too.
He was scared of losing her. He didn’t say this to anyone, but he was scared of facing his brother. It was the sole reason; even after keeping him in the dungeons for more than 34 hours, he never once visited him, even in the name of investigation.
He was helpless.
Yes, he was hiding that helplessness behind the facade of his annoyance and anger towards his brother, but the truth was that when he faced his brother, he felt like the same eighteen-year-old boy who was frightened after seeing his parents’ dead body and wanted to find comfort in his brother’s shade, the shade that betrayed him.
And now he was afraid of losing her.
He feared that if he let her go tonight, he wouldn’t be able to mend what broke tonight.
Maverick gulped and looked up, letting her see the genuine fear in his eyes.