Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 370: Secretly in love

Chapter 370: Secretly in love

Stepping out of the house, Gabriel hopped into his car and drove away. He had some work to finish so he asked Max to bring Tori to his place.

Gabriel didn’t want Tori to stay at the Brown mansion now that her work was terminated so he asked her to move back to his place where she had been staying before she entered the Brown mansion for the mission.

Carrying her bags Max walked towards the car and opened the trunk, placing her stuff inside before slamming the door shut.

Tori noticed how Max haven’t spoken to her all this time and it made her wonder why was he so silent.

She was about to speak but he turned and walked around the car and got into the driver’s seat leaving her speechless.

Max had never acted so distant with her but his lack of interaction was now bothering her.

Composing herself she turned and entered the passenger seat and put on the seat belt before the car started and they drove out of the huge gate.

Inside the silent moving car, Tori kept glancing at the man who never once turn to see her nor did he speak a word with her.

She noticed how he kept clenching his jaw while his hand tightly gripping the steering wheel as if he was trying to control his anger.

"The words you said back there, were they true," he asked out of the blue taking Tori by surprise and she balled her fist tightly over her lap understanding what words he was referring to.

"Yes" came her firm reply that startled Max and he quickly pulled the brakes stopping the car to the side of the road.

"So you will leave after you find your sister.. forever" There was pain in his voice as he watched her with sadness.

Tori had never seen Max this way and something about his reaction made her feel guilty but she soon masked that emotion and confirmed firmly," It’s the only way to put an end to all of this"

Max watched Tori move her eyes from him and that break his heart. He thought loving her secretly, behind the shadows will give him happiness, but he didn’t realize what would happen to him if someday she left.

He never thought about this because he always knew Tori won’t leave them no matter what. But what she said inside the mansion broke his heart.

Staring at her for some time, Max gulped the lump in his throat as he fight the tears in his eyes. He did not want her to see him like this, knowing how she never felt the same way he did for her.

It was just him who secretly liked her without letting her know about it.

Tori clutched her palm until her skin turned white. She could feel Max’s eyes on her but he didn’t speak a word. He thought she was aware of how her words earlier had affected him, but she was too proud to acknowledge his feelings.

She was aware of Max secretly loved her but she could reciprocate him back knowing how messed up her life is. She thought she wasn’t someone who anyone could love because of her past life.

Daughter of a drug dealer, and sister of a murderer. Tori never thought of being the kind of person whom anyone wanted to cherish. She wasn’t meant for this, but all her thoughts started to change when she realized how different Max was from her.

The way he listened to her, helped her, trained her, keeping all her queries in mind slowly changed her thoughts about herself. She thought maybe she too can fall in love with someone but then she feared that her feelings could get in between her mission, so she started to decline them.

Though she liked him yet she couldn’t express it. ’Maybe that’s how it was supposed to be,’ she thought.

Max felt like his heart was being crushed badly as her words stabbed him like anything. He wasn’t ready to let her go but he also couldn’t ask her to stay.

She was here with them only for her sister and when she would finally find her, they would have to let her go.

"Fine... if that’s what you want" Max finally spoke after a much pause as he bobbed his head trying to understand the situation. He can’t let her stay with him if she didn’t want to.

She was free to live a normal life, just as she had dreamed of and who was he to stop her from doing so?

Tori released her fist and turn to look at Max in shock. His eyes turned cold as he masked his emotions from her and looked away.

"It’s your life. You can do anything you want" Max’s words came out so indifferent that Tori couldn’t utter a word in her defense. She knew he was hurt, but she wasn’t ready to face this coldness.

She opened her mouth to speak only to close it back. Max didn’t spare a glance at her and started the car before the drove away from there.

*****

[Brown Mansion’s Backyard]

A group of people was busy enjoying their time talking to each other while sitting on the Adirondack chairs.

Tori’s assuring words had somewhat helped them believe her and now all they had to confirm if their assumption about Sandra being alive was true.

"How come you found out about her?" Noah asked taking a sip from his wine glass.

"Jack helped me through this piece of information. Do you remember that day when we took Dad to the hospital? Jack had seen someone familiar as that Sandra" Tristan said turning his head toward Ashley who bobbed her head in agreement.

"At first I thought, he must have misunderstood someone to be her, but then something clicked in his mind and he asked him to get the CCTV footage from the hospital." he further stated as everyone watched him telling the story.

"Though we couldn’t see her face, the woman did somewhat look familiar. We were just in the process of gathering information when that accident happened on the set and we came to learn that it wasn’t Gabriel this time who attack her but someone else."

"But how is the accident connected to Sandra?" Noah asked when he finally ended up racking his brain.

"The man who was assigned to carry the work told us that a woman had hired him for the job and I have a doubt the women in the footage and the woman the man spoke about are the same and why I am so confident is because both of them are related to one person" he paused and looked up to meet everyone’s curious eyes.

"Patrick Thames... Sandra’s father"

Everyone:"...."

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