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.
the breeze from the window causing the curtains to flutter. accentuating his aloof demeanor. The coolness from his presence seemed to permeate the
faltered, and she instinctively took a few steps back. Once she saw who it
the keys to this
pursed her lips and silently switched on the lights.
twirled the phone in his hand, spinning it lightly
stopped on the other side of the room,
didn’t respond, his fingertips still casually twirling
lie had been exposed. She quickly attempted to cover it up. “I just went out to grab
hands were
were
“Half an hour.”
hesitation and heard Max let out a soft chuckle. Just minutes ago, he lied to his father for her, and now she was lying to him.
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gaze, feeling as it the air in the
breathe.
for you, think carefully before you answer. Where were you this
was the
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