Chapter 255

Patrick thought he was hearing things. Just a minute ago, Max had been as nonchalant as ever. “I saw Ms. Brielle with red–rimmed eyes running out. She must have been crying.”

Max’s fingers froze around the spoon, his heart feeling like it had been pricked with a needle. He stared at the bowl of soup in front of him, wondering if Brielle had slipped something into it.

Had Ryan instructed her to do so, and she complied, all for Spencer’s sake? Would she do anything for Spencer? The realization made him distinctly uncomfortable, and his stomach clenched in response..

Catching the shift in Max’s expression, Patrick quietly excused himself and stepped out. After a moment’s hesitation, he dialed Brielle’s number.

Brielle hadn’t even gotten into her car yet; she was sitting on a bench just outside the hospital entrance. The ring of the phone elicited no immediate reaction from her. She just gazed blankly ahead.

She should’ve left immediately, but her mind was in turmoil, and she needed a moment to calm her thoughts.

like a piece of rusted

to hand in her resignation at Dorsey International?

with resignation, hung up the call. If Max wanted her out of

bitter taste filled her mouth as she leaned back on the bench, her eyes half–closed. She couldn’t afford to stop now; stopping would mean dwelling on the complexities of her relationship with Max. She needed to do

other phone, the one she always carried, and sent a message to Ryan. [Spencer’s

and he

it was only a matter of time before she was exposed, but as long as she didn’t confess, Ryan had no proof it

him. He took a deep breath and ordered his bodyguard, “Bring her in, and check

bodyguard nodded and hurriedly got

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