Chapter 264

Max fiddled with his phone, a ripple of emotion flickering in his eyes. With a few swipes, he found Brielle’s number and called her.

Brielle, leaning on her cane, had just reached the bottom of the stairs when her phone rang. Though she had switched phones, her number remained unchanged, and she pressed the answer button.

“Where are you?” Max’s voice was deep, a hint of gravity behind it. Brielle paused, almost instinctively lying. “Just resting at home.”

He sat on the couch, his eyelashes drooping slightly, a tight sensation crossing his heart. “Which home?”

“Pearl Estate. I’ve been here resting since I got back from Premier Palace.”

“You haven’t gone out?”

Brielle couldn’t grasp why he was prying so much, so she simply went along. “Yeah.”

With her cane, she entered the elevator and stopped at her apartment door. Taking out her keys, she unlocked the door.

A man sat on the spacious couch, the breeze from the window causing the curtains to flutter. accentuating his aloof demeanor. The coolness from his presence seemed to permeate the entire space.

Brielle’s steps faltered, and she instinctively took a few steps back. Once she saw who it was. warmth surged through her.

Max. How did he have the keys to this place?

and silently

in his hand, spinning it

the other side of the

still

cover it up. “I just went out to grab some groceries, got

hands were clearly empty.

were

“Half an hour.”

heard Max let out a soft chuckle. Just minutes ago, he lied to his father for her, and now

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the air

breathe.

for you, think carefully before you answer. Where

what was the point of all this? He needed her honesty.

heart. racing. She had a feeling that if she lied to Max now, they might never

should she mention

disappearance. If he found out Spencer’s location, he would surely bring Spencer back. At that point,

afford to

her mind now. felt utterly powerless. She wished she could answer his questions openly, but the

was as vast as a chasm.

to read a few more books, only glimpsed the fleeting. dreams of affluence in Beaconsfield. Yet that was far from enough to

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