Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 53

She didn’t think twice before hanging up the phone.

Minutes later, Robert called again. Brielle simply turned off her phone, unwilling to be disturbed on her business trip.

She grabbed her boarding pass and entered first class. Whether by Patrick’s design or pure happenstance, her seat was right next to Max’s. As the plane took off, Max was engrossed in a presentation video on his tablet.

He was quiet, his gaze intense and focused, a refreshing coolness about him that seemed

to soothe the soul.

Brielle, eyes closed, tried to calm her emotions, but thoughts of the Haywood family stirred

annoyance within her. When she finally opened her eyes and caught a glimpse of the content on the tablet, she couldn’t help but interject. “Michael Porter? Uncle Max, you’re into his talks too?”

Max was significantly taller, he tilted his head slightly, his face holding a clean-cut sharpness. “You know of him?”

need to butter him up as she would in

at Harvard Business School, famous for his Five Forces framework,”

his rosary bracelet. Suddenly, he withdrew

the presentation. “His framework is quite renowned. It even led Peter Drucker to introduce the concept into the field of

all, these theories were common talk in the financial circles. Max had made a name for himself

breathing quickening. He seemed at ease, as

as he held onto her delicate fingertips, just holding them,

Brielle gently clamped down on his

body felt incredibly romantic and profound. Life was indeed

well aware that their encounter was nothing more than a

circumstance.

the romance was the biting chill of

hours later, the plane touched down in the United States. Even as Brielle was escorted to a manor house, the purpose of the trip was still a mystery. She was trying to adjust to the

window.

Hatfield from Hatfield Inc. is also here, for the auction as

But if it was

she got her answer. Patrick brought her a file, placing it directly before her. “Ms. Brielle, this