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.

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

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

have the keys to this place?

and silently switched on the

in his hand,

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

still casually

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

hands were clearly

were you

“Half an hour.”

hesitation and 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

breathe.

question for you, think carefully before you answer. Where were

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

in Brielle’s palms around the handle of her cane, her lips pressed tight, her heart. racing. She had a feeling that if she lied to Max now,

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