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The solid muscles on Nichs’s body looked deted now, his whole figure sickly and weak.
Tess’s pupils shrank. “What…”
“Sit.”
Max smiled.
Tess had no choice but to sit. But the moment her eyesnded on Nichs, her body stiffened.
“Henry wanted to use you to dig into the Larsons,” Max sneered. “That idiot thought his n was airtight. You saw through it long ago, didn’t you?”
His gaze settled on Tess.
From the moment rumors spread that Tess had returned to the Embers and was ying the role of a dutiful daughter, he knew something was off.
This was clearly Tess ying Henry and his whole family like fools.
Tess kept her calm mask. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m taking him with me.”
“If you don’t get it, then you won’t be able to take him.”
Max’s voice dropped, ending on a teasing note that made her skin crawl.
Tess forced down the nausea and looked straight at him. “Then state your terms.”
Atst, no more word games. Max spread his handszily. “Very simple. I’m not a greedy idiot like Henry, biting off more than I can chew. After you inherit the Larsons, I want you to help make Hunt Group the number–onepany in Aetheris.
“And grinding Finn under my heel can count as getting revenge for what he did to you a year ago.”
Max stood at some point and, before she realized it, had walked behind her. He leaned close, breathing by her ear.
Tess felt her limbs tremble.
She stepped away sharply, her gaze turning cold. “I understand that you have ambitions, but don’t try to pin them on me.”
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This time, Max didn’t press closer. Instead, he froze.
It was as if all the strength drained from him. He leaned back and let out a long sigh.
“Tess, why won’t you just believe I’m sincere?”
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He stared at her intently. The look in his eyes even resembled affection for a split second.
Tess wasn’t fooled.
“Sincerity? Let me put it simply. If it came down to me or your future, you wouldn’t hesitate. Someone like you doesn’t get to talk about sincerity.”
She smiled politely.
Max looked at her. Then heughed too. “I was like this a year ago, and I’m still the same now. My heart hasn’t changed. I’m just going with the flow. Those two things don’t sh.”
He moved closer, forcing Tess into the corner of the couch. A trace of pride flickered in his eyes as he watched her guard herself.
Max bent down and inhaled near her hair, his manner almost deranged.
Tess tried to jump up, but a hand pressed her back down.
Max closed his eyes, as if he had eyes on his forehead.
He breathed in deeply and let it out slowly, satisfied. “Tess, why won’t you look at me? If I have
a better future, I can protect you and give you a happy life. Isn’t that right?”
The urge <i>to </i>vomit climbed Tess’s throat.
She forced herself to look away and said coldly, “I ept your conditions. Now let him go.”
Max straightened. “Sure.”
At his words, the two burly bodyguards restraining Nichs released him.
Tess shot Max a sharp look, then strode to Nichs and grabbed his arm.
Nichs grabbed her wrist instead, eyes red. “Ms. Tess … they’ve still got Rachel!”
Tess turned to look at Max. Max shrugged. “Nichs is the deposit. Rachel is the bnce. If I give you everything now, what if you go back on your word?”
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Tess stared at him.
<i>So </i>I’ve <i>underestimated </i><i>him </i><i>after </i><i>all</i>.
<i>By </i>handing <i>over </i><i>Nichs</i><i>, </i><i>he </i><i>can </i><i>secure my </i><i>cooperation</i><i>. </i><i>By </i><i>keeping </i><i>Rachel</i>, <i>he </i><i>can </i><i>bind </i><i>me</i><i>. </i>
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“I want to see Rachel at any time. And you’d better treat her well. Don’t neglect her or hurt her.”
Tess knew she couldn’t take Rachel today. All she could do was fight for her.
Max lounged back against the couch. “Of course. Mypany isn’t some sweatshop.”
Tess ignored the implication, gripping Nichs’s arm as she led him out.
At first, Nichs was rooted to the floor. Tess frowned and said, “If you want to stay, I won’t stop you–your wife included.”
Only then did he force himself to leave reluctantly, but his eyes stayed locked on a gap beside the bookshelf.
Behind it, a pair of tearful eyes flickered in the dark.
Tess nced in that direction too before she left.
But she felt like she was walking out of a wolf’s den. The moment she stepped out of the office, she quickened her pace.
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