Chapter 89

“Spencer, you go ahead and have a good chat with Max. I won’t intrude,” she said with a considerate tone.

Spencer nodded, ending the call and feeling all the more appreciative of Lillian’s sensibility.

Spencer looked up at the firmly shut door with a flicker of disdain in his eyes. He must be out of his mind to come all this way for a woman like that.

Brielle? She was worth this hassle?

His face darkened, and without hesitation, he turned on his heel and strode away, unaware that on the other side of the door, the workaholic ‘Uncle Max‘ had a woman sitting on his lap.

Brielle’s hands were still looped around Max’s neck, her head resting against his chest. Max’s palm gently caressed her back before he firmly grasped her chin, forcing her to look up. “You’ve been crying?”

He didn’t know the ins and outs of Brielle’s entanglement with Spencer, only that they were once engaged. As for their past affection, he couldn’t care less.

with top honors from Beaconsfield College, a stunning face, and formidable work skills, was certainly

up on

retched at the thought.

over a decade change so drastically, as if her entire past

all, compared to the minor discomfort she felt toward Spencer, her emotions for Max

continue. It

we were engaged for over a decade. How could I not

pressure on her chin increased, and she winced in pain. Max’s

while still harboring feelings for him. Brielle,

vanished, and he lifted her in his arms, positioning her

caged canary, especially one with someone else in her heart,

help but repeat this mantra, yet seeing the hurt in her eyes softened him. “Find

the first time anyone had told Brielle that someone else was unworthy, rather than questioning what she deserved. Her spirits lifted, and she couldn’t resist starting to unbutton

shouldn’t talk about other men at

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