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

few steps back. Once she saw who it

the keys to this place?

and silently switched

phone in his hand,

felt a tingle in her scalp and stopped on the other side

fingertips still casually twirling the

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

hands were clearly empty.

were

“Half an hour.”

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

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the air

breathe.

carefully before you

the point of all this? He needed her honesty.

She had a feeling

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