Chapter 86. There Was No Answer

Max’s POV

The school bell rang when I arrived, and I couldn’t help but take credit for the fact that I’d never been so nervous in my life. Not for a takeover meeting, not to give a speech to a room full of investors, or anything. Fists clenched on the steering wheel with white knuckles and sweaty palms.

I saw her.

Sophie.

Her tiny figure was the only focal point in the seas of rushing backpacks and shrieking kids, the bright pink chubby bunny lunchbox held in both hands against the crook of one arm and her unicorn spark backpack perched on the tip of the other arm’s edge.

I stepped out of the car and approached her with a grin on my face as I waved at her. “Hi, Sophie.

Her big brown eyes locked onto mine and she stopped, blinking at me.

There was no answer.

I nodded at her teacher who was standing by the school gate. Mason must have told her that I was coming to pick Sophie which was why she was stopping me after the stunt I pul