Chapter 18. Did Mom Go Missing

Maverick's jaw clenched coldly, and his fingers stopped their furious typing on his keyboard to hover on it. His heart suddenly felt as if it were suffocating, causing him to tug and pull the tie loose a bit.

Repeatedly recalling the woman's infuriating words and her smooth, soft call for Corbyn almost drove him crazy due to infuriation.

If Maverick didn't pull himself to leave, he knew he would end up fucking that infuriating woman to death right there and then!

Valencia.

Back then, that woman had always put him first—Maverick this, Maverick that—with her doe eyes shining brightly in intense adoration. But now she doesn't even want to see his face!

It can't be that Valencia simply tossed all the care and adoration she had for him to that Corbyn madman, can it?

Maverick gnashed his teeth in anger, and his hand unconsciously pressed down on a key. “Very good, Valencia…”

Ring

The sudden ringing of Maverick's