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 curtains to flutter. accentuating his aloof demeanor. The

back. Once she

have the keys to this

silently switched on the lights.

hand,

and stopped on the other side of

his fingertips still casually twirling

sensing her lie had been exposed. She quickly attempted to cover it up. “I just went out to grab some groceries, got held up

hands were clearly empty.

long were you gone?”

“Half an hour.”

Max let out a soft chuckle. Just minutes ago, he lied to his father for her, and now she was lying to

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as it the air in the room

breathe.

for you, think carefully before you answer. Where were

she didn’t tell the truth, what was the point of all this? He

handle of her cane, her lips pressed tight, her heart. racing. She had a feeling

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