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Lyra tried to stop her too. “I can’t figure out what Max is doing at all. If you rush over like this, aren’t you worried something might happen?”
Tess pressed her thin lips together, her expression grave. “Maybe. But I know what he wants.
With that, Raven and Lyra didn’t ask more. The three of them met each other’s eyes in midair.
“We’ll take you to the building.”
Raven grabbed the car keys without another word. Lyra threw on her coat and followed right after.
Tess knew they were worried about her and didn’t say anything.
Connor and Marc exchanged a nce. Marc lowered his head, guilty and uneasy.
“We’ll go
too.”
Connor sighed at this younger brother of his, but in the end, he didn’t scold him.
Two cars sped away, the tires slicing through moonlight, heading straight for the Hunt Group’s
tower.
Hunt Group.
“Mr. Hunt, didn’t you just strike a deal with Henry? Didn’t they tell you to be careful and keep everything quiet? Why would you so openly ask Tess toe?”
Fred Barnes, the assistant, was massaging Max’s shoulders as he asked carefully.
Max lifted his sharp chin, letting cigarette smoke curl around and veil his eyes.
Heughed softly. “In the end, what I really care about is the Larsons. Nadine is just a pretty face, and Henry’s been under Tess’s thumb from the start. Why would I tie myself to them?”
Fred still didn’t quite get it. “But… they can give you the Larsons—”
“No.”
Max raised his brow, a chill and a wicked edge settling over him.
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“The confirmed heir of the Larsons is Tess. If I can make a deal with her, why would I bother gambling on the Embers?”
Hezily twirled his cigarette between his fingers.
Fred’s eyes finally lit up. “So you’re nning to work the Embers. If the deal works, you hand Nichs over to her. That way, she’ll owe you one.”
That was exactly what Max was thinking. He curled his lips into a dark smile.
He’d never expected Tess, the neglected only child nobody wanted, to turn into the sole heir of the mighty Larsons of Kingnd.
Max narrowed his eyes as smoke drifted before them. The way ahead was hidden.
<i>Letting </i><i>Tess </i><i>go </i><i>back </i><i>then </i><i>was </i><i>my </i><i>biggest </i><i>mistake</i>.
“But Mr. Hunt, will Ms. Tess really appreciate this? I remember… when she was just released, you showed her all kinds of kindness, and she ignored you. And now she’s no longer that helpless Tess.”
Fred hesitated as he spoke, watching Max’s expression.
Max sneered. “Then we’ll see how valuable Nichs really is.”
With that, he crushed out a fresh cigarette between his fingers.
Knock, knock.
“Come in.”
A slim, pale figure appeared.
Even Max, who thought he knew Tess well, was stunned for a moment.
Then he smiled, his beautiful eyes curved with a dangerous charm. “It’s been a while.”
Tess walked in on her heels and stopped half an office away from him.
She ignored his greeting and went straight to the couch, sitting down on her own.
Max said nothing, his gaze locked on her.
“Mr. Hunt, you had mee all this way in the middle of the night. I doubt it’s just to exchange pleasantries.”
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Tess nced meaningfully at the floor–to–ceiling windows and the night outside.
It was ck and heavy, like the world itself was about to sink.
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Max followed her gaze, then drew it back. There was even a trace of apology on his face. “It iste. I shouldn’t have bothered you. We could’ve done this in the daytime.
“I would have waited for you.”
As he said that, Max lifted his eyes and looked straight at Tess, his gaze deepening.
A wave of goosebumps rose on Tess’s arms. A chill ran through her.
But her face didn’t change. She looked back at him calmly.
“Since I’m here, speak.”
She got straight to the point.
Max leaned back, his fingerszily tracing the rim of his coffee cup.
“We haven’t seen each other in so long. I didn’t think the first thing you’d say to me would sound so distant.”
Something flickered in Tess’s eyes, then vanished.
She forced a smile and started to stand. “If you’re done reminiscing and have nothing to say,
then I’ll go back and rest.”
Snap!
Max snapped his fingers calmly.
The gesture was sudden and strange.
Tess frowned, confusion in her eyes.
And in that split second of distraction, Nichs was brought out from behind the wardrobe that separated the lounge and the office.
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