Chapter 50

Someone squeezed my shoulders from behind and I whirled around to hug Max real tightly but when he wrapped his arms around my waist, I felt a weird feeling, like my gut feeling was telling me that something was wrong. This feeling. This smells like danger. No it can't be what I'm thinking it is. My eyes widened in shock when recognition dawned on me.

This isn't Max!

This stranger seized the sides of my waist a little too tight. Not a little. Too tight. I immediately unwrapped my arms from around his neck and tried to push him away but in vain.

"Leave me!" I wheezed out while trying to control my ragged breathing.

"Leave me!" I yelled at the stranger again, my voice trembling.

Just then, I heard the jiggling of the little bell at the door, announcing someone's arrival and I stopped thrashing around to look at the door. Even though my eyes were welled up with tears, I could still see Max standing bewilderingly at the door, clearly.