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Max's POV

I almost choked on my breath on hearing my father say that I had been muttering 'mate' under my breath during the incident today. Why did I do such a thing? That was quite repulsive.

"Do you have something to tell me?", he asked.

"I... I don't..."

"Why are you stammering? That's very much unlike you, Maximilian. You are always poised", he questioned in a soft tone that I already knew could spell my doom if I didn't act properly.

"I was just surprised, it's very out of place for me to have been muttering that", I quickly spoke up.

"So do you have anything to tell...