Chapter 179
Brian kept glancing up and looking around every now and then. Before Maxine could even try to hide, his eyes locked onto her
“Mom!” Brian rushed over and grabbed her sleeve.
Maxine sighed helplessly, “Didn’t I already tell you last time?”
Brian shook his head, his eyes red–rimmed with tears, and pleaded, “You’re my mom, Mom, I was wrong. Please don’t ignore me. I promise til dobler
His voice carried, drawing curious glances from passersby. Maxine could even hear someone murmur, “Oh dear, are they having a fight saw that poor kid sitting here all alone for ages. How could a mother do that?”
Maxine took a deep breath. “Where’s your dad?”
Brian shook his head with a pout. “I don’t know,” he mumbled. “Dad just dropped me off and left.”
Maxine thought, barely holding back a laugh, ‘This little rascal! Is he really trying to play the victim here?”
With so many prying eyes around, she took Brian by the hand and said, “Come with me.”
The two of them went back upstairs. Cleo looked startled to see her return. “What are you doing back already? Weren’t you supposed to have plans with
Urban?”
Before she could finish speaking, Cleo spotted Brian clinging pitifully to Maxine. Her expression darkened at ence. “What’s he doing here locking for you?” she demanded.
Cleo couldn’t help but suspect that Sebastian was still clinging to Maxine and had deliberately sent the child over to test the waters.
Brian looked up with puppy–dog eyes and pleaded, “I miss Mom… I just wanted to see her.”
Before, Cleo might have believed him. But after catching Brian secretly tampering with the evidence for the lawsuit, she was sure this kid was just putting
on an act.
Cleo squinted at Brian for a long moment. Only when he really looked like he was about to cry did she finally clear her throat and say, “Alright.”
They had Brian wait in the inner room. Cleo pulled Maxine aside and whispered, “Are you sure Sebastian didn’t send him here on purpose to find you?” Maxine shook her head. “It’s probably just Brian who asked the driver to bring him here. If Sebastian had come with him, he would have followed us by
now.”
“Then how did he even know you were here?” Cleo asked, her voice tense. “What if someone brought him here on purpose to lure you into a trap?” Ever since she was kidnapped, Cleo had been a bit paranoid.
Maxine sighed helplessly. “Even though Brian is still young, as the sole heir of the Mason family, the Jensons probably wouldn’t dare harm him, unless something truly unexpected happens.”
Maxine couldn’t figure out what was going through Cleo’s mind. She even imagined someone using Brian as leverage to control her.
Cleo scoffed.
“I asked Dad, then came here on my own,” Brian/piped up, poking his head out from the inner room to look at the two of them. “That day, Dad only found Mom after questioning the driver who dropped me off.”
Cleo rolled her eyes. “Wow, you two are really in sync.”
Brian snorted and turned his head away with disdain. “At most, we’re just using each other.”
Mon Jun
Chapter 179
Ever since the day Maxine had her accident, Brian and Sebastian had a falling out and barely spoke. They wore livs strangers and day, when Sebastian noticed Brian was late coming home, he asked Brian’s driver and only then learned that Brian Had bevis finitura downdra place for a long time.
In an instant, Sebastian pieced it all together and came looking for her.
Cleo rolled her eyes and shrugged at Maxine. “Well, your kid, your problem. And don’t forget to tell Urban about that.”
Maxine felt utterly overwhelmed. She looked at Brian and said firmly, “I’m taking you home.”
Brian plopped himself down stubbornly on the couch. “I’m not going anywhere! I’m staying right here with Morn.”
