MAYA’S POV
“You know you don’t have to keep avoiding me, right?” I said to Kira just as she was about to step out of the mansion.
My words must have been the reason she paused. Her back view was all I could see, perhaps this was the part where she would turn around so our eyes could meet. I remained on the bottom stairs with my arms folded.
We both knew why she had been avoiding me for days now, but I chose not to talk about it until then. Then seemed to be the perfect time to speak to her about it, even though it was a hot afternoon.
“You must really hate me,” she cooed after she turned around. It took her forever.
“I don’t hate you. It’s not your fault that things didn’t go as planned,” I was quick to reply to her. I could see how sorry she was just by looking into her eyes.
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