To Be Yours Again novel (Jenny and Alex)

Chapter 29 Thwarted

"So what if I am? Do you think I'm afraid of you?" There was a sudden shift in Max's aura. It was as if he had turned into Asura, which made her shudder.

Jenny turned to look at him. This man was...pretty intriguing. He appeared frivolous, but once he became serious, it was as if he had turned into another person. Just when the two men were deadlocked, Alec and Paul came down from the second floor. When they saw Max appear, the two of them were startled. "Yo, we're late. He's one step ahead of you," Paul gloated, purposely teasing Alec.

Alec scowled, "You think Max Pearson would actually be so kind?"

"That's true. He's probably plotting something evil," Paul nodded and continued. "Too bad Dr. Walter doesn't know that. Who knows, she might get deceived."

Alec didn't say a word, nor did he go over there. He just observed from a distance.

"Alec."

Faye walked over to Alec as soon as she saw him. Without Alec around, she seemed out of place at this dinner. Alec answered briefly, but he didn't acknowledge her presence. Instead, he continued to observe Jenny's situation.

"Max Pearson!"

Realizing that Max was really butting heads with him, Steven was furious. He asked, "Don't tell me you're interested in her too?"

Max kept quiet. After a while, he answered in annoyance, "Hurry up and fight me. Stop wasting my time." "You!" Steven was hitting the roof.

But Max was not afraid of him. He just stared at him indifferently. Steven was about to ask his men to attack when an old man appeared in time and stopped him. He whispered in his ear, "Sir, it's not worth it to offend the Pearson family."

"But..." He couldn't turn the other cheek.

"There will be plenty of opportunities in the future," the old man spoke again but in a firm tone.

Steven's face was livid with rage. His eyes darted back and forth between Jenny and Max. After a while, he finally said, "Consider yourselves lucky. I'll let you guys off the hook today."

After he finished his sentence, he left with his men. After he had gone far, Max turned to look at Jenny with a cheeky smile, "It seems like you weren't worried at all."

"Just a mob. Nothing to be worried about," If it weren't for Max's sudden appearance, Steven and his men would already have been lying on the ground after being beaten up by her.

But she didn't respond so directly. If she really said that, that would make her such a jerk. After all, he had helped her.

Max nodded. "A mob? You're right."

As he spoke, Max handed over a glass of champagne to Jenny. He was also holding a glass of wine himself.

"Max Pearson. Fancy getting to know each other?"

Jenny glanced at him as if considering his offer.

"Don't worry. I'm not like Steven Dickman." As if knowing what Jenny was worried about, Max explained laughingly.

Jenny smiled upon hearing this. She clinked glasses with Max.

"Dr. Walter."

Although he had helped her, Jenny didn't plan to give away too much about herself. It wasn't that important to give her real name. Having a title was enough.

"Dr. Walter?" Max murmured. Then, he shook his head helplessly, "That will do."

He had all the time in the world. He would take his time. He sat down next to Jenny halfway through the conversation. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Alec from a distance. He raised his brows at him as if to brag. At this moment, Alec understood Max's actions. He was trying to get close to Jenny on purpose! As for the reason behind it...

Hadn't Max always liked to do stuff like this? He hated the entire Faust family because of that incident

years ago.