Chapter 864

Mariette was stunned for a second, then she glared at Maxwell. “Aren’t you getting a bit too big for your breeches, Maxwell? How could you talk back to me?”

Back when Maxwell had the mind of a child, he would cower whenever she raised her voice. The way he was right now was not cute at all.

Maxwell’s smile instantly disappeared, and his expression turned dark. He looked at Mariette with a sharp gaze.

Mariette shuddered inexplicably. What was going on? Why did Maxwell feel a little scary? She had been planning to tell him off, but her voice died in her throat.

Maxwell stared at her with a glint of danger in his eyes. “You had better come clean with me, Mariette Brooks. Do you still have that Armani scarf, or don’t you?!”

“I-I’ll check. I haven’t worn it in a while,” Mariette said, instinctively giving in.

She searched through her closet carefully and then looked at Maxwell, her expression troubled. “I can’t seem to find it. I think I lost it.”

“Where did you lose it?” Maxwell sai