Chapter 311
“Max, how about we hit the town tonight to celebrate, eh? Alivia’s coming back soon, and since you’ve had your fill of Brielle, maybe it’s time to put a ring on Alivia? She’s been waiting for you for years.”
Engagement? The thought had never seriously crossed Max’s mind.
“If she’s getting engaged, it sure as heck won’t be to me.”
Andrew had been mid–sip of his water when Max dropped this bombshell. Andrew nearly choked on it. Everyone in Beaconsfield knew Alivia was holding out for Max, but now the man himself was saying she shouldn’t wait for him.
“Max, you’re not pulling my leg, are you? Don’t tell me you’re oblivious to Alivia’s crush on you.”
“I’ve made it clear before, I’m not into her.”
His tone was so firm it sent a chill through Andrew’s spine. If Alivia wasn’t in Max’s sights, who was?
had circled Max in recent years, those under thirty at least, were pretty much Brielle and Alivia. Any other guy in Beaconsfield would be a fool to pass up Alivia for Brielle.
they were
of Max beneath the blaze of a high–rise inferno. His gaze was dark and inscrutable. “The Dorsey family and the Barnes clan are all looking forward to this merger of a marriage. If you turn it down, you
Max
of his eyebrows, Max replied. “I’ve made my stance crystal clear to Alivia herself. She’s no fool.”
in love truly be? Max had never really fallen for Alivia, so
himself, yet he couldn’t help but think
whipped out his phone and shot Alivia a
especially when
Her devotion to the subject was clear. [Wait till I’m back
the situation with Brielle, like whether there was anything truly going on
through Max’s friends would just seem
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