Chapter 206

As the elevator doors sealed shut, the bodyguard wiped the sweat from his brow, ready to tell the guys to keep their guard up and be vigilant while posted here.

Then a nearby door swung open, and there was Max, leaning casually against the frame. The hallway lighting cast an almost ethereal glow around him, as if he were enveloped in an unreal. aura. His eyes were dark, like flames burning within them, yet those flames seemed to smother against cold ice, extinguished one by one.

“Mr. Dorsey, do you need anything?” the bodyguard asked.

“You don’t have to guard this place.”

“But Mr. Hatfield explicitly instructed…”

“I’m not comfortable with it.”

a hint of amusement in his gaze,

could only nod. After seeking approval from Samuel, he removed

room. Max surveyed the space that had been sterilized several times over. He approached the window and

was indeed prime real estate. Previously, when Brielle was scouting locations for the orphanage, Patrick had shortlisted several spots, and after process of elimination, only this area remained. It was a bit removed from the city

generosity, he had to accept the Hatfield family’s invitation to attend their

breeze helped dissipate some of the heat as he shrugged off his suit jacket. Meanwhile, in the other building’s hall, Lillian looked to Cameron, her nerves frayed. “He definitely drank it, right? We’re staying in the same building tonight, but there’s bound to be security

turning back

would be tricky, but he’d just heard that the top floor’s security had been withdrawn by Max himself. What was Max up to? Could it be, as Lillian suggested,

nodded, emphasizing, “Don’t provoke him too much, Lillian. He’s

out loud, but inside, she was scoffing. All men were the same to her. And given that Max had taken something not readily available on the

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