Chapter 67
Max lowered his head towards the laptop, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the keys. Even in the confines of a luxury car, he was still engaged in a video conference with the executives back home.
Noticing Brielle’s movement, his Adam’s apple bobbed as he whispered, “Quiet down, will you?”
He had already muted the microphone on his end. He could hear the corporate bigwigs’ reports, but they couldn’t catch a peep from his side.
Brielle’s heart felt like it had been struck by something, regretting her impulsiveness. She tried to stealthily withdraw her hand, but he caught it and pressed it against the leather
seat.
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There was warmth on one side, coolness on the other this extreme intimacy brewing in the dim light. Her remaining rationale was nearly exhausted.
hand and pretended to gaze out the window. The fleeting lights cast alternating shadows on
furrowing enough to crush a fly. After a moment, his face contorted indescribably, “Brielle, have
her antics, it was clear
private.
shame, I probably wouldn’t have ended up with
himself at a loss for words for the first time, his face cycling through various shades before
Max hadn’t said a word,
feeling unbearably stifled. “Max, how about
who’s who of the wealthy, and surely
the very top of the skyscraper, surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows, one could look down and trample the city’s glitz underfoot. If it were a snowy winter’s night, the view was even more breathtaking. The ethereal beauty of the snowflakes melding with the city’s golden opulence was a dreamlike vista few could ever hope
North American elite circles stemmed
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