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.

action, Alivia felt a surge of warmth, and her attention sharpened as he asked her, “Alivia, are you not planning to stay at

institute partly because it was close to Martha’s nursing home and partly

an invitation. This distinction made her the object of widespread envy. Naturally, being in

get engaged to Max and, incidentally, deal

a branch there, and I’ll be the head,” she said with a

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

a twinge of disappointment but knew

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

Max like this. He was always the distant enigma, but today, he seemed

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almost earthly.

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