Chapter 223

"What?"

I was on the verge of screaming, but I managed to keep my voice down.

I shook my head in disbelief.

"People are crazy. They think whatever they want to."

Max looked at me as though he were studying my facial expressions.

Like a sky full of clouds, his eyes started to become cloudy. His calm demeanor changed into an angry one.

"Max, do you think that too?"

"No," he answered right away.

"Exactly. Why can't others understand that?"

He did not respond, instead directing his gaze to my coffee. I also drank my coffee without overthinking the situation.

There was a deep silence between us, which I did not want to break.

When he was done drinking coffee, he broke the silence by saying,

“You will not be able to live a peaceful life until you move to a different pack that is far away from him.”

I lowered my head and muttered, "I know, but I could not just leave my family here. They would not get any place if all of us left the pack together."

Max thought for a moment, then said,

"It is p