Chapter 559
He grabbed the paperwork and turned to leave the master bedroom.
Brielle’s arms wrapped around his waist. “I really have a stomachache.”
“Brielle, enough.” Max shrugged off her hands, deliberately avoiding her gaze, knowing that one look
would make him go soft. “You tried this same trickst time.” With that, he walked straight out of the
bedroom.
Brielle wanted to follow, but a stabbing pain in her stomach anchored her to the spot. She quickly
crouched down, beads of sweat forming on her forehead.
It wasn’t that she med Max. If she put herself in Max’s shoes and had seen Max hugging someone
in a video, then going offline and returning home sote, she’d be livid, too. Trust was one thing, but in
matters of the heart, even saints could be petty. If Max didn’t fuss over it, she would actually worry that
he didn’t care enough about her.
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Brielle sighed, torn between thinking he was being ridiculous and acknowledging the genuine pain in
her stomach.
Oh, the irony. Was this her own “boy who cried wolf” moment?
She didn’t have the strength to chase after him anymore, feeling like she might pass out at any
moment. She buried her head in her knees and curled up by the side of the bed, trying to ease the
agony.
Love, oh, what an affliction it was, like a bitter, rusty needle. One slip, one prick, and it was unbearable.
She couldn’t help but sniffle, pushing back the heat of impending tears. The position only made her
urge to cry more pronounced, so she slowly lifted her head from her knees, trying to look at the ceiling.
Her gaze fell on the figure standing less than a meter away. Max was there, with a warm ss of water
in one hand and antacids in the other.
The tears she had been holding back now surged forth. She hadn’t wanted to cry. It was like a child
who fell; if no one was around, they could brush themselves off and get up, but the moment someone
offeredfort, it was as though the sky was falling, and the pain became unbearable. In the end, it
was just human nature.
Max nced at her, then crouched down, his voice softeningpletely. “Take the medicine first.”
Brielle’s crying was heart–wrenching. She wasn’t sobbing loudly but biting her lip as tears silently fell.
Max cupped her chin, momentarily at a loss. He even forgot about a handkerchief and just awkwardly
used his suit sleeve to dab at her tears, creating damp streaks on the dark, smooth fabric.
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He forced a few pills into her mouth and brought the ss to her lips. Brielle nced at him, then, with
a hint of defiance, crunched the antacids and swallowed them dry,
Max’s expression darkened. “Aren’t them bitter?”
“My heart’s more bitter than this. Now you’re worried?”
His grip on the ss tightened, then rxed as he offered a truce. “Have some water.”
Brielle finally took the ss, washing away the bitterness in her mouth, Handing back the ss, she
seized the opportunity to make a request. “I want to eat.”
Max resignedly took the ss. “I’ve asked the kitchen to prepare something.”
He hadn’t intended to leave but had gone to get her medicine and give orders for a meal. Brielle’s tears
kept streaming after realizing this.
From morning to night, she was swamped with obligations that kept her from returning home. She
didn’t want to deal with any of it, but it was her responsibility, and she had to see it through.
It was her fault for being so tired she fell asleep at the orphanage, but at the time, she couldn’t even
move her fingers.
Max put down the ss and lifted her in his arms, removing her coat and cing her on the bed. “How
did you get a stomachache without eating?”
Brielle felt a twinge of guilt. She’d had a busy morning with back–to–back meetings at Ster Stage
Entertainment and then reviewing newpany policies before tackling her ownpany’s agenda.
There had been no time for food.
Seeing her evasive look, Max’s anger red, and he stood up, ready to storm out.