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. The coolness from his presence seemed

steps back. Once she saw who it was. warmth surged

did he have the

and silently

twirled the phone in his hand,

stopped on the other side of the room,

fingertips still casually twirling

attempted to cover it up. “I just went out to grab

were clearly

long were you gone?”

“Half an hour.”

minutes ago, he lied

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feeling as it the air in the room was thinning, almost

breathe.

for you, think carefully before

the point

palms around the handle of her cane, her lips pressed tight, her heart. racing. She

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