Chapter 1675: After what she's done, he's still willing to help.

Meanwhile...

Max and Kiara drove past where Hugo and Ginnie were still standing. He drove carefully, staring at the two. Even when they had already passed them, Max still glanced at the side mirror and smiled.

"Heh," he snickered, feeling a bit accomplished.

Kiara, on the other hand, just stared at him from the front passenger seat.

"So, what's that all about?" she asked, snapping him out of whatever thoughts were running in his mind.

Max glanced at her briefly and then shifted his focus to the road. "Nothing."

"Nothing?" she repeated. "Max, you just dragged me out with you using the excuse of business talks. And now, you're smiling after leaving those two together."

"It's really nothing!" he intoned. "And hey, I dragged you out because I do want to talk business with you. I'm expanding my business, and the dropshipping industry is growing very fast."

Kiara blinked. "I still don't believe you, Max."

"Tch." He clicked his tongue, giving her a side-eye. "I still like you better when we were teens. Back then, you talked less."

"Back then, I held back a lot of things," she corrected. "Now, I see bull and I call it out."

He frowned, but wasn't surprised by her. He had met Kiara a couple of times in business settings or at exhibits where she tried to expand her business. All casual meetings, and he'd discovered how much this former classmate of his had

changed over the years.

Well, he did change too.

"You held back a lot of things too, back then," she pointed out, making his brows rise.

Max shot her a quick glance, only to see her smile.

from your own shackles, Max," she muttered. 'It's a

her and

neither of them spoke. His thoughts of successfully giving Ginnie and Hugo some time

went to the same school as this girl and they'd known

too," he said after a long

chuckled shallowly. "Me

"Short hair, huh?"

touched her short hair, smiling. "It's... lighter. Easy

it long, didn't

"Who said

long hair better. Just not that long, but she did like it in a sense. However, when one likes something with some

a few minutes. Kiara just leaned back, staring at the window

while, his quiet voice broke the silence.

slowly turned to him. "You don't believe the

in

shrugged.

because she's two-faced, I don't think it's true. Don't get me wrong. I just don't believe it, not because I think she's incapable of doing that, but because she'd get caught

"Max, Cassandra didn't do anything wrong with

her," he said, giving her a side-eye. "Don't tell me you're still denying that

"Sure, she crossed the line a few times, but

his head. "This is why she's like

"Max."

Finn couldn't even describe

felt," Max continued,

"What do you mean?"

only to scoff faintly as

do you mean?

break it

truly sees you as a friend, she'll be brave enough to confess what she's done. However, if she didn't come clean, I think

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