Chapter 188

Sitting beside Andrew, Dustin’s ears pricked up every time Andrew fondly mentioned “Little Canary,” stirring a slight discomfort within him.

Max said that Brielle wouldn’t go, and he took the phone back.

“Mr. Dorsey.”

Loosening the buttons on his tailored suit, a smile danced on Dustin’s lips. “I’m only in Beaconsfield for three days. Surely, Mr. Dorsey, you’re not so petty as to hide your treasures?”

He pulled out a box of matches, specially crafted with tiny red heads and white bodies. With a single strike, a pale flame emerged.

Dustin often preferred matches to lighters; they seemed to hold more character.

Lighting one up, he touched the flame to his cigarette.

Max’s expression turned frosty, his fingers playing absentmindedly with the beads on his wrist. “She’s my little canary, and if I wish to keep her hidden, she stays hidden.

Dustin squinted his eyes. If it wasn’t for Max personally saying such words, he would never believe that someone like Max would care about a woman like this.

your little canary might wish to fly out

as a canary, but I

tensed sharply, prompting even Andrew to frown in disapproval.

moment of silence, Max hung up the call.

satisfied. “Seems Mr.

mouth twitched. “Are you seriously interested in her? Secondhand goods don’t

contempt. “Fun for a fling, sure, but hardly Infinity Brilliance’s

his drink. “Women aren’t commodities to be labeled new or used. If she pleases me, it matters not who she’s been with before. The body’s. pleasures are easy to come by,

set down his glass, his mood darkening. Unsure whether Dustin was joking or serious. he didn’t appreciate the thought of

room’s door swung

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didn’t expect company: this booth

eye and gave

side, gestured towards Dustin. “Aubree, why don’t you sit next to

silent for a long minute before slowly approaching

heart, wasted no time in pulling

Clements, sister to Andrew?”

around his glass, fighting an unwelcome twinge of

to turn down an attractive company

her striking features. Her luminous eyes drew him

traced a path from her ear down her

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