Chapter 265

Max’s gaze was piercing, holding her chin with an intensity that was both unsettling and. mesmerizing. Slowly, he released his grip.

Brielle rubbed her jaw where his fingers had left an imprint. It didn’t hurt, but the sudden assertiveness in his touch had startled her.

Max straightened up, his expression turning cold, as if the momentary loss of control was an illusion. “If you don’t fancy staying at Premier Palace, then nurse your wounds at home.”

He took out a card and placed it on the clasp of her chest. The gesture was somewhat frivolous, as if intentionally insulting her.

“I said it was over last time, but I forgot to give you this–let’s call it severance.”

Brielle’s face drained of color, her hand tightening at her side. “What do you mean?”

say much. Instead, he walked calmly to the entrance hall. Sometimes, one’s shadow can

but her injured leg buckled after a few steps.

was empty.

to the floor, and hobbled to the door. There was

of the building, only the streetlights cast long shadows on the pavement. She approached the night guard, inquiring if a black car had

guard shook his head. “No cars have left

in the underground garage. Was it too late to catch up? And even if she did, what would she say?

were divided by a barrier that seemed insurmountable. Perhaps even without it, he’d

tainted from the start. His parting gift of a card

in her room, she sat down, feeling a headache coming on, and a

she still wouldn’t confess to to kidnapping Spencer. Her feelings

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