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?”

the entrance hall. Sometimes, one’s shadow can do

feet, intent on following, but her injured leg buckled after a few steps.

doorway was empty.

had clattered to the floor, and hobbled to the door. There was no one in the hallway: he

button for the ground floor. By the time she limped out of the building, only the streetlights cast long shadows on the pavement. She approached the night guard, inquiring if a black

“No cars have left

underground garage. Was it too late to catch

insurmountable. Perhaps even without it, he’d never truly cross over.

had been tainted from the start. His parting gift of a card was a

room, she sat down, feeling a headache coming on, and a vague ache around her heart.

the lie she had told. Yet given another chance, she still wouldn’t confess to to kidnapping Spencer. Her feelings for Max weren’t strong enough to warrant trust.

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