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.

flutter. accentuating his aloof demeanor. The coolness from his presence seemed to permeate the entire space.

and she instinctively took a few steps back. Once she saw who

have the

lips and silently switched on the lights.

phone in his hand, spinning

in her scalp and stopped on the other side

still

up. “I just went out to grab some groceries, got held

were clearly

long were you gone?”

“Half an hour.”

heard Max let out a soft chuckle. Just minutes ago, he

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gaze, feeling as it the air

breathe.

before you answer. Where were

the truth, what was the point of all this? He needed

of her cane, her lips pressed tight, her heart. racing. She had a feeling that if she lied to Max now, they might

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