Chapter 264

Max fiddled with his phone, a ripple of emotion flickering in his eyes. With a few swipes, he found Brielle’s number and called her.

Brielle, leaning on her cane, had just reached the bottom of the stairs when her phone rang. Though she had switched phones, her number remained unchanged, and she pressed the answer button.

“Where are you?” Max’s voice was deep, a hint of gravity behind it. Brielle paused, almost instinctively lying. “Just resting at home.”

He sat on the couch, his eyelashes drooping slightly, a tight sensation crossing his heart. “Which home?”

“Pearl Estate. I’ve been here resting since I got back from Premier Palace.”

“You haven’t gone out?”

Brielle couldn’t grasp why he was prying so much, so she simply went along. “Yeah.”

With her cane, she entered the elevator and stopped at her apartment door. Taking out her keys, she unlocked the door.

curtains to flutter.

and she instinctively took a few steps back.

have the keys

silently switched on

in his hand, spinning it

her scalp and stopped on the

his fingertips still casually

She quickly attempted to cover it up. “I just went out to grab some groceries, got held up at the

were clearly empty.

were you gone?”

“Half an hour.”

answered without hesitation and heard Max let out a soft chuckle. Just minutes ago, he lied to his father for

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meet his gaze, feeling as it the air in the room

breathe.

think carefully before you answer. Where were you this

the

around the handle of her cane, her lips pressed tight, her heart. racing. She had a feeling that if she lied to Max now, they might never see each other

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