"Sorry, I didn't know that." Maurice apologized. He really didn't know that Aleigha was pregnant.
After all, she was slim and not at all like a pregnant woman.
"Why did you come to me? Why didn't you go talk to Jaidyn?" Adrian asked curiously.
"I want to get back at Aubrianna, not Jaidyn. I came to you because I didn't know who else to talk to about it."
Adrian was speechless. In Maurice's eyes, he was someone he could confide in?
"I almost have no friends. I only have business partners.
"I think we're the same, and I am willing to share my secrets with you."
Maurice looked at Adrian with deep eyes.
Both of them were mind readers. Adrian looked at Maurice. Although Maurice was smiling, his eyes were unfathomable.
Maurice was testing him.
With his secret.
In an instant, Adrian knew what he wanted.
"I don't have any secrets to exchange."
Maurice turned to look the direction in which Aleigha left and said nothing.
"Mr. Faulkner, not everything can be exchanged. The story you just told me is about you and the others.
"I'm not part of it, neither is my wife. Don't hurt her. This is my last bottom line."
Adrian's bottom line was Aleigha.
"Don't worry, I won't. I just want you to take my side."
Maurice played with his tail ring again.
"I have no sides. Those who oppose me are my enemies, those who work with me are my friends.
"I never take sides.
"Take care, Mr. Faulkner."
Adrian's face darkened. Not to mention Jaidyn was his friend, he wouldn't be on Maurice's side for the reason he was here today.
"Adrian, it won't benefit you to be my enemy."
"Look like you don't know what I mean. I'm not gonna get in the middle of your personal vendetta."
Maurice's lips curled up and a hint of coldness appeared in his deep eyes. "You mean, no matter what I do to Jaidyn, you won't stop me."
Adrian didn't say anything, but his eyes grew colder. He was not sure if he would help Jaidyn.
"Before I knew everything, Jaidyn was a good partner to me. But later, things changed.
"I don't know if I should hate him. However, the best way to deal with Aubrianna is to torture Jaidyn, just like what she did to my mother."
"Off you go, Mr. Faulkner."
Adrian didn't want to talk to him anymore.
He had neither the time nor the energy to get involved. It was just that Jaidyn was his friend.
Maurice left. Adrian had already answered his question indirectly.
In the room, Aleigha was curled up under the covers. She still felt awful.
Perhaps it was because she was pregnant.
As soon as Adrian walked to her door, his cell phone rang.
"Adrian, are you crazy? Don't you know who Maurice is? Are you really going to go against him for Jaidyn?"
Tanner's roar rang out.
"Tanner, I don't want to explain." "Adrian, you angered Maurice, which means you're gonna be the enemy of everyone. The Faulkner family is not as easy to deal with as Alexzander.
"I suggest you think twice."
"No need. Jaidyn's innocent. Aubrianna threw Maurice in the ocean before he was born."
"Lunatic, you're impossible!"
Before Tanner could finish, Adrian hung up the phone.
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