Adelina's pov:
Maximus went to the bar, put some whisky and headed to his chair. He sat, took a sip from his glass, raised his head and looked at me in a stern way. I kept my gaze to him too. I wasn't going to back off. For the first time since I met him, I was feeling confident with myself in front of his appearance. We were sitting there in complete silence for a couple of minutes. The office was dark, the only light was from the desk lamp. My mind travelled me back to my childhood where I was afraid to sleep in my bedroom because it was dark. I thought then, that if I fall asleep a monster would appear and eat me. So every night before I lay to my bed I always looked under my bed, the closet and every other place I thought the monster would be hiding. This way I felt safer and managed
