Chapter Twenty One

"Anna...what's wrong?." Lucy asked when she got over the shock as well. She wondered why Anna was staring at Andrei as if she wanted to murder him.

"Anna…" Andrei lifted his hand to touch her.

"Don't touch me!". Anna lifted a hand in warning. "Stay away from me." She packed up her stuff and stormed out of the cafeteria.

Andrei and Lucy exchanged puzzled glances before Andrei rose and went after her. He had to know why she was so upset when just a while ago before she went to the restroom, she was smiling and laughing at his jokes. He couldn't get over the look of contempt he'd seen in her eyes.

He'd thought and hoped that he would never see that look in her eyes again but he was wrong. 

"Anna!." He called when he saw her going in the direction of the library. "Wait!."

Anna didn't wait and walked faster instead until she broke into a run but Andrei