Chapter 488

All eyes turned to Max.

Max had been keeping a low profile all evening as if he were uninterested in participating in the proceedings. It wasn’t until this moment that he seemed to come to life, his fingertips. grazing the rosary beads he wore.

Everyone thought he would remove the rosary without hesitation. Even Michael had started to speak up, “Patrick, please escort the lady out. This is no place for outsiders to cause a scene.”

Brielle stood tall, her back straight. Even upon hearing Michael’s words, she just stared steadily at Max.

“Max, think carefully. If you really…”

Before she could finish, Max interrupted her, “Dad, the night I went to the Dorsey family’s ancestral home, I had intended to introduce her to you. It’s not too late now.”

This out–of–the–blue statement drew all eyes to him.

His fingers still lingered on the rosary, gently caressing it, and then he leaned forward slightly, interlocking his fingers with Brielle’s.

Their fingers intertwined.

is my girlfriend, Brielle.” The statement landed heavily in the room as if it could burst

eardrums.

struck by lightning,

Girlfriend. Brielle.

was clear, but how could she not

seemed to momentarily leave her body, repeatedly battered and kneaded. His words hit her heart, causing her bones to ache.

mouth. Now that Max had acknowledged his relationship with Brielle,

of color drained from Alivia’s face,

had never lost his memory or had just remembered

catch her breath.

life. All this had been given to her

tried to calm herself, but her trembling fingers betrayed the

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Chapter 488

Brielle, that bitch!

hole and

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