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.

sat on the spacious couch, the breeze from the window causing the curtains to flutter. accentuating his aloof demeanor. The

and she instinctively took a few steps back. Once she saw who it was. warmth surged

the keys to

lips and silently switched

the phone in his hand,

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

still casually twirling the

had been exposed. She quickly attempted to cover it up. “I

were clearly empty.

were you gone?”

“Half an hour.”

heard Max let out a soft chuckle. Just minutes ago, he lied to his father for her,

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the air in the room was

breathe.

you, think carefully before you answer. Where were you this

the point of all this? He

pressed tight, her heart. racing. She had a feeling that

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