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.”

amusement in his

nod. After seeking approval from Samuel, he removed the security on this

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

Patrick had shortlisted several spots, and after process of elimination, only this area remained. It was a bit removed from the city center, but with the Hatfield family’s

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

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 on the top floor. Can you help

turning

be tricky, but he’d just heard that the top floor’s security had been withdrawn by Max himself. What was Max

nodded, emphasizing, “Don’t provoke him too much,

scoffing. All men were the same to her. And given that Max had taken

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