Chapter 21.
Maxwell’s POV
The walls of my office closed in on me, and my fingers moved lazily against my keyboard. I sat in my office, staring at nothing, yet the thoughts of Clara filled my mind.
I have been trying to stay away from it. To act like none of her words actually mattered. But they do. Because they had stung where I didn’t expect.
I thought I had done well. I could have sworn on everything that I had, that I handled things rightly this time. But the way she had looked at me… and the way her voice had shaken when she said those words meant otherwise.
My fingers curled slowly, and for the umpteenth time, I tried to shut her thoughts away. No. To shut the guilt that came from her words. But the more I tried, the harder her words echoed through my ears.
“Because your care i
