Chapter 129

"Chloe, just hear me out," Max could feel himself trembling inside out as the moment had come sooner and more unexpectedly than he had expected it to come.

"I'm listening," she clearly didn't look like one who was. She looked like one who was waiting to catch him by his words, and that fierce look on her face made him even more tense.

"It happened over the weekend—"

"Oh... I see why you were so keen on having me go before you. So you can have all the room to have your little weekend squabble."

"You know that's so not true. Something really did come up at work." Max said trying to hold her hand in a bid to give her some level of assurance which she wasn't willing to take as she pulled her hand away from him.

"What is true? I don't even know anymore," she raised her hands in a confused feat of rage. "Who's she?"

Max exhaled heavy pressure-filled air as he was about to drop the bombshell, "She's Debby...my ex." He bowed his head low in regret. That moment was bound to come, and all he c