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?”

business trip, she didn’t feel the need to butter him up as she would in a

at Harvard Business School, famous for his Five

her fingertips brushing against his rosary bracelet. Suddenly,

focus on the presentation. “His framework is quite renowned. It even led Peter Drucker to introduce

talk in the financial circles. Max had made a name for himself on Wall Street by the age

racing, her breathing quickening. He seemed at ease,

as he held onto her delicate fingertips, just holding them, nothing more, nothing less. His presence was calm,

moment of hesitation, Brielle gently clamped

the earth, every secret of the human body felt incredibly romantic and profound. Life was indeed a spectacular

that their encounter was nothing more than a

circumstance.

romance was the biting

escorted to a manor house, the purpose of the trip was still a mystery. She was trying

window.

Hatfield Inc. is also here, for

if it was just

got her answer. Patrick brought her a file, placing it directly before her.