Chapter 556

Brielle greeted Ricardo and they stood amidst a gaggle of giggling children, with smiles. plastered on their faces. Later, they moved and unpacked items together. All those

photographe landed on Max’s phone.

Max was out like a light, the sleeping pill having taken quick effect. Even in slumber, a “light frown creased his forehead.

Exhausted from helping unpack, Brielle could barely lift a finger. She hadn’t eaten since noon and was now sprawled on the couch, panting with her eyes closed, devoid of any energy.

Driving back to Premier Palace was out of the question at this point; she couldn’t even muster the strength to stand up. She leaned back and succumbed to sleep right there on the

couch

Ricardo glanced at the still–excited children, now playing with their new toys, and placed a finger to his lips in a hushing gesture. The children immediately caught on and quieted down

Brielle catch a cold sleeping

give her your jacket?”

always lurking around them, ready to snapshot any closeness between the two and send the images

to an outsider.

a scarf snug in Max’s embrace during the holidays while he read her poems by Borges, word by word. The corners of her lips curled into a smile as she shifted to a

She had said she’d come home every night, even if she visited the company branch, instead of

his brow, Max was alerted by Patrick’s voice at the door.

case.”

donning a suit, Max opened the

phone flooded with new pictures. With each swipe, his expression turned icier. In the last image, was Ricardo covering Brielle with the blanket. Max’s knuckles whitened, and the phone was hurled against the wall, shattering

heavy, bitingly cold.

of his status, were

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