Chapter 191

Max didn't say a word in response and just drove me back home.

As we reached my apartment building, I spotted someone at my door. My heart skipped a beat. Could it be Claude?

Sure enough, he turned around at the sound of the elevator doors opening and locked eyes with me.

"Claire..." Then his gaze shifted to Max by my side. "Uncle Max."

"Uncle Max, I can't do it. I'll give you back the shares. I want Claire..." Claude suddenly stepped forward, grabbing Max's jacket. What was he even saying? "Claire, you go inside. I need to have a word with Claude." With that, Max shrugged off Claude's grasp and stepped into the elevator that hadn't closed yet. Claude hurried after him and turned back to tell me, "Claire, wait for me."

The elevator doors closed, and I was in confusion. What shares had Max given Claude to make him marry Kate and stay away from me? What had the ever-composed Max done?

But I entered my apartment, deciding not to meddle. I was curious about what the person who had my blood test report would do next.

thought, I went to sleep, only to be startled by a doll lying on my bed, facing me, smiling. I screamed in fright. Had the culprit

living room to check the security footage, but it captured nothing. My hands were trembling. I tried calling Richard

the culprit has been in

"I'm on my way. Don't

in my house, but the doll might have a hidden camera, so

the state of my nerves. My

ended up cutting my

then, I forgot about the pain and kept picking up the pieces, still scared. I got up and opened the apartment door

the door,

explained in a fluster. "Claire, I

I want to show my vulnerable side. This time around, I had given up on Claude. Not like before, when I depended

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