Chapter 88

“Brielle! Open up right now!” Anger and humiliation churned within, a tempest raging in his chest.

Brielle lounged on the couch, making no move toward the door, her arms instead wrapped around Max’s neck.

Max glanced down at her, easing her hands away, “Not going to answer the door?”

Brielle snorted with amusement, pointing first at him, then back to herself, “So that he can find out that the almighty Mr. Dorsey has graced us mere mortals with his presence to personally attend to an employee?

“Wouldn’t be the end of the world.”

“Bang! Bang!”

The pounding on the door persisted, a clear sign that if the door wasn’t opened, the knocking would become a permanent fixture.

phone and quickly powered it down.

you have dialed is switched off.” Frustration nearly drove him to crush his phone, but then Lillian called. Spencer paused, irritation flickering in his eyes. In truth, the specific reason he had ended up in Lillian’s arms was now a blur. He only remembered drinking

booze, remembered only the softness of her embrace, and her whispering, “If it were me, I wouldn’t let you suffer

was a blessing, yet Brielle seemed clueless about

was clipped, leaning casually against

up his mood, Lillian tread lightly, “Spencer, have you gone to

with her, but with Lillian, he felt everything. Lillian was understanding, considerate, and even after knowing he was unwilling to break off the engagement, she didn’t express her grievances. She remained gentle, not forcing fate, and throughout, he was the only man in her life. Compared to the fickle Brielle, Lillian

swift denial. “No, I’m at the Dorsey

apartment’s poor soundproofing meant his words were crystal clear to

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