Chapter 305

Brielle nearly got frostbite from the icy draft that Max unleashed. Yet, there were things she felt compelled to probe on her own. She needed solid answers, instead of tossing and turning in the dead of night, parsing the meaning behind each of his words

Max seemed to wear a mask. Impeccable on the surface, but the ripples in his eyes began to spread with Brielle’s approach.

Brielle was already striking, and with her injury, there was a shimmering vulnerability in her eyes that made her look pitiable. A stifling sensation crossed Max’s heart. He frowned slightly. but his words were devoid of emotion. “Why are you here at the office if your leg isn’t healed?”

It sounded like nothing more than a superior’s concern for a subordinate.

Brielle mustered her strength to hide her emotions, even managing to pull off a smile. “Mr. Dorsey, you’ve been a big help, and I haven’t had the chance to thank you yet.

Her heart twinged as if someone was kneading its softest part.

She had reverted to calling him Mr. Dorsey. It was a measure of her sense of propriety.

“It was nothing.”

felt a sting in his heart upon seeing her equally cold demeanor. This was

already entered and kept a considerable distance between them. The elevator doors

Brielle chase after Max. She worried there might be something between them.

prior anxiety. Clearly, Max only saw Brielle as an ordinary employee, not offering her the slightest warmth. Where on earth did Connor get his

began its descent, indicating that Max had no intention of attending the meeting.

catching Max’s indifference in the

a knife. Since it was so, she didn’t need to rush to be the butt of someone else’s joke. She watched the numbers on the elevator panel, not uttering

said it was a minor effort, but did she really plan on showing no gratitude? After all, he had hid Spencer for

to wag its tail when you threw it a

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