She sighed and was about to chuck her phone aside when a new message buzzed in. [Wesley mentioned you skipped dinner tonight?]

Brielle's nose tingled as she read the message, a lump forming in her throat.

[Brielle, where are you?]

He was asking why she wasn't cozied up at Premier Palace. She was about to respond when Max sent another text. [Don't believe anything Victoria told you.] Clearly, Wesley had spilled the beans to Max about Victoria's visit to Premier Palace, prompting this message at such a critical moment.

Brielle tasted the bitterness in her mouth. [I'm just out for a walk, don't worry.]

After sending that, she felt at a loss for words, and Max didn't reply either. He was probably bogged down with his own affairs.

Max was indeed preoccupied. Martha had fainted again, with doctors monitoring her vitals continually.

If Martha didn't pull through in the ICU, she'd be more than just a vegetable. The doctors had the family brace for the worst.

Martha had woken several times, only ever seeing Alivia, and no one knew what was exchanged between them.

For this reason, Alivia had remained at the nursing home. Her mood was soaring, but she kept a facade of utmost despair.

approached Max, who stoodsolemnly outside the ICU. "Max, you should eat something," she

at the ICU and finally turned toward the dining

chefs made all our favorites. Martha might be here for a while,

watched him dine with refined ease, the

without the intrusion of

a little longer, and her patience would pay

and Martha were pawns in her game. They were playing

Max now. If she stayed at the nursing home, wouldn't

loved Max and was the only one who truly deserved him. All of Beaconsfield

elegance as Alivia watched. He never gave her a glance. The nursing home's dining room was meant for

of Brielle, who'd left Premier

out his

up. She was exhausted and asleep on the

the shadows. "Find out where Brielle is. Take her some dinner

and then. She should take care, regardless of

bowed respectfully.

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