Chapter 690

His long eyelashes quivered once more as he bent his hond to light a second cigarette. Through the hazy smoke, Patrick heard him say. “But I don’t want us to part ways.”

The sense of loss Max fell now seemed trivial compared to the devastation of parting with her. He was a businessman, after all, and when it came to choices, he always knew how to pick the most suitable one.

Patrick was speechless, silent for a few seconds before blurting out, “Have you fallen for Ms. Brielle?”

Max ticked the ash from his cigarette with a nonchalant gesture that seemed both casual and seductive. “I probably don’t know that… thing”

He said ‘probably‘ not definitely!

He never admitted to loving Brielle.

Affection was like a storm brewing in the heart. It often made it easy for him to embrace someone, But love seemed cliché, like a chemical reaction following reproduction. It felt dizzying at the start and then faded away, leaving nothing but a trail of failed marriages.

None of the Dorseys‘ marriages were happy. Didn’t Victoria love Everett? Didn’t Faith love Ryan? That was how cheap and selfish love was.

“I just like having Brielle around, it’s like…

Max couldn’t think of a good comparison. He initially thought of saying it was like having a v

well–behaved pet, but comparing Brielle to a pet seemed disrespectful. After all, in their circles, pets were just tools to be ordered about and discarded at will.

He liked Brielle’s boldness, her shyness, her openness. This ‘pet‘ only showed her soft belly in front of him, blushing at his every word. Even when he had her pinned beneath him in bed, she was so compliant it was unreal, letting him

half–burnt cigarette out. Patrick knew it was bedtime, so he

before lying down in bed. Brielle’s scent lingered faintly on the sheets. It was not strong enough to lift his spirits, but

probably didn’t even measure up

Well, let it be.

entire day of busyness without eating. Her stomach ached throughout the night,

room.

to get out of bed when a sharp pain in her stomach struck. She quickly swallowed

abuzz with notifications. With one hand over her stomach and the other holding her phone, she scrolled through them. Her newly created Twitter account had

is a rip–off of Amelia’s, and Stellar Stage Entertainment is backing this

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Stellar Stage Entertainment! Boycott Brielle!

infidelity, plagiarism–Stellar Stage Entertainment and John can go

Stellar Stage

having an affair. Maybe she’s the one he cheated with.

frown deepened as she opened Amelia’s page to find a

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