Chapter 343

Max had never considered the possibility, primarily because Martha’s troubles had begun back home, within the borders of their own country.

The closer he got to the Dorsey family, the closer he inched toward trouble. It was a certainty that someone would try to leverage Martha’s situation to manipulate him. He would not stand

for it.

“Max, Aunt Martha surely wants to see you all the time, and it’s more convenient back home,” Alivia suggested, her shrewd intentions hidden beneath layers of concern as she pressed on.

Max turned, casting a glance at his mother lying quietly on the bed before letting out a soft sigh. “We’ll see.”

If it were indeed being isolated in a foreign land, without familiar faces to care for her, that had exacerbated the situation, he would consider bringing Martha back.

A flicker of excitement passed through Alivia’s eyes, and her lips curved into a subtle smile. She had tried to influence Max indirectly over the years, but he had never wavered. Perhaps the severity of the current situation was finally making him reconsider.

of warmth, and her attention sharpened as he asked her, “Alivia,

a clever woman. She had joined the institute partly because it was close to Martha’s nursing home and partly for

honor; among her peers in Beaconsfield, she was the only one to have received an invitation. This distinction

get engaged to

I’ve applied to study back home, and my mentor has agreed. We’ll be establishing a branch there, and I’ll be the head,” she

mom probably wants you back, too.” His tone was indifferent, showing no particular

but knew this was just Max being

on a cluster of blue flowers. They were irises; their petals were shaped like

this. He was always the distant

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almost earthly.

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