C223 His Request

[Maverick’s POV]

I watch as Serenity nods in agreement with my request, but even now I can tell that she is hiding something from me. Usually she would tell me everything, like I was her closest confidante, but here she was hiding things from me for the first time.

“Deal,” she says. “We should get going before we’re late for class.”

“You go ahead of me.” I say