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Ryan couldn’t care less. He’d seen Michael give him that exact look countless times back in their younger days -every time, Michael would end up totally defeated, leaving in utter embarrassment.

“Uncle David, isn’t this a bit much?” Max said, his voice steady but icy. “No matter what, my dad’s still the patriarch of the Quinn family.”

“If he wasn’t the Quinn family’s patriarch, he wouldn’t have been the one walking out on his own just now,” Ryan replied.

Max’s eyes, cold and unfathomable, fixed on Ryan, silently sizing him up.

The two men stood there, sizing each other up, neither giving an inch.

Only when Rebecca suddenly walked in did the standoff end.

She walked right up to Max, not beating around the bush. “I want to talk to you.”

Max glanced away, trying to keep cool. “Sure.”

With Ryan watching them, his gaze complicated and impossible to read, they left the villa together.

Seeing how troubled Rebecca looked, Max didn’t take out his frustration with Ryan on her. He kept his tone cool and asked, “What do you want to talk about?”

“Did you have anything to do with my mom’s accident back then?” Rebecca asked, not bothering with any small talk. She dropped the question right when he was least expecting it.

On the way back, Rebecca kept debating with herself, wondering if she should just lay it all out and confront

Max.

After weighing her options and thinking over their recent interactions, she finally made up her mind–she was going to ask him directly, no beating around the bush.

If Max really was involved in her mom’s accident,

she’d have to rethink who her enemies really were.

If he actually took part in something like that but could still show up acting like some perfect gentleman, then she had to watch her back around him, and she couldn’t trust a single word he said from now on.

She had way too much on her plate to waste time on this.

Max froze for a moment, clearly thrown off by the unexpected question.

Rebecca didn’t push him; she simply waited for his response.

After a brief pause, Max’s mask slipped back into place. “What did Jack tell you?” he asked, his expression unreadable.

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Rebecca didn’t answer.

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so far, he hasn’t done anything truly

even though Jeffrey wasn’t there, the thought crossed his mind: ‘She

mom,” Max said, finally giving a direct answer, though his voice stayed cold. “Go ahead, just count me as guilty, and treat me

at him, not knowing

answer was that? Just pretend he’s the

“I’d suggest you don’t bring up questions like

“I know,” Rebecca replied.

decided to ask Max because, honestly, she was pretty sure–maybe sixty percent sure–he was one of the

came off as cold and distant. But throughout everything, he always treated her with respect. No real bad guy

Max replied coolly, then

didn’t ask further. She just watched him slip into

The very next second,

materialized at her

Rebecca: ‘???‘

road, keeping a straight face. “Honestly, looks

after that little chat. “But maybe the real problem here

classic deadpan ‘system error‘ look on

in on

and driver all rolled into one.

driver, you talk way too much,” Rebecca shot back, her tone playful. “And as my assistant, you’re way too nosy about my

K

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boss’s problems is just part of

820

to the real issue. “You really believe Max didn’t do

fault,” Mark said he was rarely wrong about people. “Judging from his words and expression just now, he had nothing to do with what happened to your mom. He

the same

story from back then,

walked back into the villa. That’s when she remembered–she still

out a

shook her head. “No,

“Alright, I’ll go take this to your mom. She’s probably hungry

Rebecca just nodded.

mom in the past, Rebecca honestly would’ve supported them being together. But some

Half an hour later,

down to eat with Amelia

for dinner, but as soon as the food hit the table, he got up and left–like he seriously saw himself as

asked, noticing Rebecca looked a

shook her head.

at her and guessed, “Is it

her lip, trying to figure out how to put her thoughts into

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