Chapter 258

The manager scrambled to clean up the scene, making sure no one would snap pictures before leading the way out.

After settling everyone into the car, Max gently wiped away Brielle’s tears. With her lips tightly pursed, Brielle seemed to lose her voice to silence.

Max felt as if his own pain was amplified tenfold. He pulled out a tissue and dabbed at her cheeks, over and over.

As the car started to move, Max leaned in and captured her quivering lip with his own. A flicker of surprise crossed Brielle’s eyes, and her tears stopped as if frozen, her gaze reflecting his silhouette. She tensed, not daring to move.

The car came to a halt inside the grandeur of Premier Palace, where the doctor was already waiting. Spotting the injured Brielle, he quickly grabbed his medical kit.

When the doctor’s hands touched her leg, Brielle belatedly felt a piercing pain. Only then did she

realize her leg was broken and in need of a cast.

beside her,

finally came to her senses. Max didn’t look at her. and was

instructing the kitchen to simmer extra batches of

Palace due to her arrival, and a warm feeling filled her

was ten. she lived in an orphanage where having enough to eat was a constant struggle. But after ten. as she was brought back to the Haywood family, she never felt the warmth of a true home.

and self–esteem. For many years, weathering

dull and lacking feminine charm. It’s not like a flower, trembling on a branch, stirring emotions, nor like a vine, weaving its

the midst of their silence, Patrick entered with

Breathalyzer shows he was under the influence. But this morning, his account

mindful of Brielle’s presence. “came from someone

Brielle looked up, “Lillian?”

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