Chapter 170

Max withdrew his hand, pulling out a handkerchief and silently wiping his fingertips.

Faith felt a jolt of humiliation but dared not offend him.

“He’s just two years younger than me.”

His casual remark felt like a barrage of slaps to both Faith and Spencer.

Indeed, how could they forget that Max was only two years older than Spencer?

Using himself to put down Spencer was an absolute crushing defeat. They were not even on the same level; there was no comparison.

Spencer was unworthy of even being mentioned in the same breath as him.

Spencer cast his eyes down, his shoulders drooping in defeat.

Faith, her lips quivering, was now too scared to utter another word.

With Max stepping forward, the atmosphere in the room seemed to reach a breaking point..

A few officers stood still, watching Lillian’s ashen face. Eventually, one of them couldn’t hold back. “Miss Brielle, we will keep you updated on the progress of the case, and we thank you for your trust in the police force.”

formality, but it served to cut through the tense air.

cinders by rage upon hearing

to give up on her, hoping Spencer would not engage with her, even wishing

she stared at Max, surrounded by admirers, determination. shined in her

her, laughing at her, but just wait. Once she climbed her way to Max, she’d serve up a harsh reality check to

live without Spencer? Ha, she’d been wanting to kick that man to the

lip so hard it

voice, “You don’t need to update me on the details. Just

as if she hadn’t taken Lillian seriously at all, making the earlier scene where Lillian. went to great lengths during the first half of the banquet

were subtle,

banquet had come to an end

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to bid farewell to Miranda, “Ms. Miranda, I shall

ushering the quests out, watching Brielle leave triumphantly,

entire Haywood

even as they walked out, they couldn’t

the belle of the ball taken away to

had nailed themselves to the pillar

mission for the

she cut ties with the

annulled her engagement

admire

thoughts, the fainted Miranda might just wake

wall when she saw a man standing

It was Max.

by chance, their paths were the

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