Chapter 405

It was 3 a.m. when everything came to an end, and she was too exhausted to lift a finger.

Max scooped her up and headed towards the master bedroom. He was only wearing a robe. In her groggy state. Brielle couldn’t help but worry about being caught by someone. But as it turned out, they went unnoticed, and once she was laid on the bed in the bedroom, she fell into a deep sleep from sheer fatigue.

Max fetched a towel from the bathroom and gently wiped down her skin inch by inch. So when Brielle woke up the next day, she felt clean and refreshed all over.

Lazily snuggled in bed, she didn’t want to move, and noticed it was still snowing outside.

Max must have gone to the office by now. She lay there for another ten minutes before slowly getting up. Right after freshening up, there was a knock on the door. It was the butler, Wesley.

“Ms. Brielle, breakfast is ready.” he announced.

Feeling weak all over, Brielle mustered just enough energy to head downstairs for breakfast.

Wesley had thoughtfully set up her laptop for her. After eating, Brielle settled on the couch with her laptop to take care of some business matters. She first touched base with Mason, discussing the ten–billion–dollar fund situation.

There was silence on Mason’s end for a few seconds before he asked, somewhat uncertainly. [Could you repeat that? How much?]

Even through the screen, Brielle could imagine his expression. [Ten billion.]

silent for a full minute before sending a message.

great

headlines, but Brielle’s was not. She checked

of this mess, but another piece of news caught

through the feed, discovering that the speculation

ask anonymously, “Why does a missing bracelet

a few minutes before replies

rosary is

photo of Alivia abroad, and the

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some kind of

this, Brielle continued scrolling and Indeed found a recent photo of Alivia, sans bracelet. Both of them had worn identical pieces before, and now both were missing, which naturally fueled

Max’s rosary ending up with

wasn’t angry but felt like she’d been hit with a

the Dorsey clan. Alivia’s brother and Max were longtime friends, and

lady. She had looks, family

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