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.
already bragged about it, and if he didn’t wear it soon,
finish it within three days.”
that night, when Max awoke at 2 a.m., he saw Brielle still working by lamplight. He instantly regretted
get some sleep.”
the brink of sleep. Hearing Max suggest sleep. she dropped her knitting, rolled into his arms, and was asleep
her to sleep in, he was surprised to find her up
on the second–floor balcony, he watched her silhouette against the greenhouse’s vibrant flowers,
Jaired messaged the group, saying he had set off and would arrive in
in black boots with perfectly tucked pants and a tall frame, his
outside world. The driver in front didn’t dare strike up a conversation. In their
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his
for someone outside our usual crowd?”
tossed his phone aside. “Well, I’ll see
Jaired tagged Max in the group. [Bring your
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