Chapter 509
Max and Brielle were now an item, out in the open for all to see. Yet, Brielle couldn’t shake the feeling that her happiness, every minute and every second of it, was somehow stolen.
After Brielle hung up the phone from explaining the previous night’s events, she stared blankly at the ball of yarn before her until a slender hand picked it up. Following the hand, her gaze met Max’s.
Max had wrapped up his work and, noticing the embryonic shape of a scarf in her hands, raised an eyebrow. “Getting close to done?”
Brielle chuckled. Knitting a scarf wasn’t exactly a quick affair, and with tomorrow’s dinner party, it would take even longer to finish it. She wanted to wear it before Christmas, but that would mean hustling.
“Not even close.”
Max set the yarn down and sat on the nearby couch. “Will I be able to wear it before Christmas?”
“Are you in a hurry?”
Although she had promised it as a Christmas gift, Max seemed more eager than ever.
indeed anxious – after all, he had already bragged about it, and if he didn’t wear it soon, Andrew’s sharp tongue
try to finish it within three days.”
saw Brielle still working by
let’s get some sleep.”
on the brink of sleep. Hearing Max suggest sleep. she dropped her knitting, rolled into his arms, and was asleep in under a minute.
in, he was surprised to find her up at
balcony, he watched her silhouette against the greenhouse’s vibrant flowers, finding
saying he had set off and
sharp, his looks clean–cut and striking. Dressed in black boots with perfectly tucked pants and a tall frame, his presence was like the onset of spring – full of life and vigor.
driver in front didn’t dare strike up a conversation. In their circle, Jaired
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his peers.
outside our usual crowd?” he
tossed his phone aside. “Well, I’ll see what this Brielle
Jaired tagged Max in the group. [Bring your
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