Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 33

Brielle’s inner sneer was a frozen blade as she slowly rose to her feet. No bodyguard dared to stop her this time.

She looked disheveled, almost unable to stand from the pain. However, when she met Ryan’s gaze, it was cold. The deep-seated disgust and resentment hidden within her were like knives cutting through bone.

“Brielle, if you keep looking at me like that, I promise you won’t live to see tomorrow’s sunrise,” Ryan warned, waving a dismissive hand. “Get out. And keep me updated on Max’s every move.”

eyes

As director of mergers and acquisitions, she often had meetings up in the glass tower, always close to Max.

Max didn’t trust any of the directors at Dorsey International, but he had just shown a rare approval of Brielle’s skills, ensuring their paths would cross again soon.

Ryan sneered to himself. Brielle was nothing but a puppet he’d controlled since she was young, disposable the moment she ceased to be useful. Spencer would never marry such

a scheming woman.

Lowering her gaze, Brielle thought of the “gift” she’d prepared for Friday, licking the blood from the corner of her mouth. The feeling of suppressed rage ready to burst forth was like a tempest, sweeping through her entire being. She would remember tonight’s

humiliation.

keep a

say that, his eyes glinting with disdain.

Get out!”

sparing her life entitled him

slowly, an undercurrent of rebellion stirring within her. The Haywood family was partly to blame for this mess. Robert and Miranda owed Ryan too many favors; over the past decade, their business ties had only tightened. Even Robert and Miranda had to play

that this pawn

sitting on the couch, holding her face and sobbing softly. She looked away, finding

while flattering each other. Everyone wanting to be above the rest, yet crawling

trailing down, leaving spatters on the

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it. He leaned against the vehicle in the quiet night, the dim streetlights stretching their shadows

over, just as he had once casually patted the spot

admitted that hearing he was there had set off countless thoughts. But when she descended and didn’t see him, they all vanished. Max was

His mere presence could shake the business world, let alone stir the heart of

blank, she followed