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

reasoning burnt to cinders by rage upon

up on her, hoping Spencer would not engage with

lump in her chest. As she stared at Max, surrounded by admirers, determination. shined in her eyes.

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

couldn’t live without Spencer? Ha, she’d been

hard it started to

“You don’t need to update me on the

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

expressions were subtle, and the place was in

had come to an end at this

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bid farewell to

Robert busied himself with ushering the quests out, watching Brielle leave triumphantly, his

wasn’t just Lillian; the entire Haywood clan would become a

they walked out, they couldn’t

of the ball

themselves to the pillar

her mission for the evening

cut ties with the Haywood

she annulled her engagement to Spencer.

to admire the floral walls arranged by the

the Haywoods knew her thoughts, the fainted Miranda might

floral wall when she saw a man standing

It was Max.

left the hall, and, by chance, their

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