Chapter 490

According to his desk mate, the whole thing had just been about finding someone to rough him up a little. So, those guys only beat him up and dumped him in the middle of nowhere, saying they just wanted to scare him.

Luckily, his years spent running with the street kids in back alleys hadn’t been for nothing–by sheer grit, he managed to make it back.

Naturally, there was no way he could show up for the track meet after that.

Now, he thought, the little wolf’s definitely going to be furious.

He’d raised her himself, so he knew her temper better than anyone. But this sort of thing? There was no need for her to find out.

If he couldn’t even protect himself, then he might as well let someone else look after her for the time being.

Being the eldest son, Max grew up under the watchful eyes of Scott and Yvonne, groomed to be the family heir. Every step he took had been mapped out in advance.

He had neither the right nor the desire to rebel.

So he quietly used what he’d learned to squirrel away a private fund, build his own company, and slowly grow his influence. Bit by bit, he set himself up to rival Tate Holdings.

He figured, the day he finally swallowed up Tate Holdings would be the day he’d finally

be free.

managed to break free

ahead.

she found out the truth about her background abroad, she didn’t raise

wasn’t worried. He didn’t care much about

by birth. He

kept her head down, the Tates

to overestimate herself and try

little wolf he’d raised versus some delicate

the little wolf could handle

those three extra “brothers” suddenly in the picture. They were seriously

called him “Max” to his face, but when she talked to the three “bonus brothers,” it was always

to

the little wolf couldn’t even be

yet… it didn’t really feel like they were drifting apart

good people–almost too kind, and that

would think darkly, maybe it was a good thing Alessia had been

she hadn’t been switched, maybe she really would have grown up

do what–ifs. Everything had been

was slowly shedding some of the Tate family’s coldness, and learning

the news came that there’d been an earthquake at the village where Alessia was teaching, Max dropped everything

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