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.

face, and

hung up on

at the thought. Her, liking

only due to the shock of seeing someone she had known for over a decade change so drastically, as if her entire past life were a facade now cracked to reveal its true

misunderstanding wasn’t such a bad thing. After all, compared to the minor discomfort she felt toward Spencer, her emotions for Max were a tumultuous

the misunderstanding continue. It was better than letting others know

were engaged for over a decade.

increased, and she winced in pain. Max’s

me while still harboring feelings for him. Brielle, are your affections that

her in his

caged canary, especially one with someone else in her heart, was pointless. He was to enjoy

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

the first time anyone had told Brielle that someone else was unworthy, rather than questioning

think we shouldn’t talk about other men

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