Chapter 659

Brielle watched as he ignored the persistent ringing of his cell phone, silencing it again amidst the nearly suffocating kisses between them. Finally, she reached for the phone herself.

It was an unknown number. Taking a deep breath, she pushed him away, worried that she might be keeping him from something important.

After pressing the answer button, she held the phone to his ear. Max shot her an annoyed glance before hearing Annie’s voice on the line. “Hey, Max.”

Brielle caught the female voice, her eyebrows arching in curiosity.

Max’s hair was tousled, and he wrapped his robe around him as he walked over to the window. “What’s up?”

His voice, rough with lust, came out unintentionally seductive.

Annie paused, then said casually, “I received a file this evening that’s missing a crucial piece of evidence. I called Patrick, and he said the material is in your office. But you’ve always said your office is off–limits without your permission, so that’s why I’m calling you now. Can I go in?”

Considering the professor had specifically asked Max to provide tasks that would assist Annie with her PhD research, he had no reason to refuse her request for materials.

“Go ahead.”

on your left or your right?”

“On the right.”

opened the cabinet and immediately spotted the document she needed. “Got it,

from outside the office, like a large pane of glass being smashed. This was followed by a startled cry

brows furrowed. “Annie?”

was no response, and the

a call to the building’s security, instructing them to check the top floor, and began

changed as well. “What’s

sleep. You have an early day at the company

sleep was the last thing on Brielle’s mind at

Max reluctantly agreed,

International.

seen Annie. Max’s frown deepened. “Check

couple of night–shift workers in the surveillance room, who hastily scanned the footage, only to find images of Annie leaving the CEO’s office in

with the police. Find

as his team scurried to trace Annie’s last

cameras from the start and even employing a top–tier hacker to disable

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