Chapter 507: I Promise!
"Are you alright?" Nat shook her head as she sat on the sofa. She wanted to return to her room and rest but she did not have the courage to be alone. What if there was another sniper waiting for her too.
"I have underestimated Chris. Or I have overestimated Nora. I have always believed that she was untouchable. But today... She was lying in my arms bleeding and hurt. I.." she stared at her now cleaned hands as if she could still see blood in them. Nat looked horrified.
Max sat beside her and looked at her hesitating. After that night when she had confronted him about Lisa and he had told her that he could not just leave her. She had been ignoring him and only talking when necessary.
He was ignoring Lisa too. He felt like he had wronged both of them.
"No one will harm you. I am here." Nat let out a dry, bitter laugh at Max’s words.
"You already have a girlfriend waiting for you to marry her, Doc. you are not here for me, you can never be. So it will be better that you do not make promises you can fulfil again. I do not need a deception to rely on, no matter how beautiful it is." Max flinched. Her words struck like a blade. He opened his mouth to respond, but there was nothing he could say that would change what had already happened.
"I was scared, Max," she continued, her voice rising, her hands trembling as she clutched the edge of her coat. "Do you know how that feels? I wanted to call you. I wanted to scream your name. But I didn’t. Because I knew only Lisa had that right." He reached for her, hesitant at first, then firm as he pulled her into his arms. She resisted, fists pushing weakly at his chest. But he didn’t let go.
"Let me go," she whispered, but her voice had no conviction. "You don’t get to hold me now..."
"I’m sorry," he murmured into her hair. "I’m sorry for all of it."