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. accentuating

steps back. Once she

How did he have the keys to this place?

silently switched on

phone in his hand, spinning it lightly on

scalp and stopped on the other side of the room, swallowing hard. “Mr.

fingertips still casually twirling the phone.

pounded, sensing her lie had been exposed. She quickly attempted to cover it up. “I just

were

were you

“Half an hour.”

ago, he lied

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couldn’t meet his gaze, feeling as it the air in the room was thinning,

breathe.

carefully before you answer.

tell the truth, what was the

palms around the handle of her cane, her lips pressed tight, her heart. racing. She

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