Helanie:
Norman forced the worry off his face and turned around to respond to his brother.
"I was just mentioning you, nothing specific," he said, quickly changing his tone. It impressed me how smoothly he did that.
"No, you were telling her not to go around talking about me. What is she saying about me?" My body shuddered at the realization that he had taken it the wrong way.
"I am not going around talking about you with anyone," I jumped to explain myself. It doesn't feel good when someone breaks your trust, and I definitely didn't want to do that to Maximus.
Even though there was no real trust between us after I found out he had played a game with me, I still refused to be the kind of person who attracts negativity and plays games behind someone's back.
"I am asking my brother," Maximus raised his finger as if telling me not to interrupt.
"She's not lying. She wasn't talking about you to anyone," Norman jumped in, explaining it to him, but Maximus seemed weirdly upset.
