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.”
drawer on your
“On the right.”
she needed. “Got it,
the office, like a large pane
brows furrowed.
was no response, and the call had been
made a call to the building’s security, instructing them
changed as well. “What’s happening?
sleep. You have an early day at the
the last thing on Brielle’s mind at that moment.
he couldn’t dissuade her, Max reluctantly agreed, and together they headed to
International.
hadn’t seen
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 a panic, followed by a cell phone being hurled
with the police.
scurried to trace Annie’s
cameras from the start and even employing a top–tier hacker to disable the
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