Chapter 448 Only I Can't Let Go

I pulled my gaze away and gave Maxwell a sideways glance. "Is that what you told yourself about Alice?" He froze for a second, his lips tightening. "Why bring her into this? We..." "You fell for her. I saw it the minute you got back from Lorrell. You turned Zoe down and cooked up a bunch of excuses, but you never told her the real one. You already had someone else on your mind," I said, cutting right to the heart of it. His face flickered with emotion, but within seconds, he gave up the fight. "What does it matter? It's all history now." Yeah, history. He looked at me earnestly. "Forget about me. I'm here to help you. If you're going to fall apart over Idris, then you're not the person I thought you were." I did not bother to argue, changing the subject instead. "How's Scott Corporation holding up?" He perked up at that, launching into a long update. Finally, he said, "You're back now. Just get back to work like before, and stop worrying about all that other stuff. It's history,