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?”

feel the need to butter him up as she would in a more

famous for his Five Forces framework,”

her fingertips brushing against his rosary bracelet. Suddenly,

she struggled to focus on the presentation. “His framework is quite renowned. It even led Peter Drucker to introduce the concept into the field of corporate management for the first time. I thought someone

wasn’t flattery; after all, these theories were common talk in the financial circles. Max had made a name for himself

quickening. He seemed at ease, as if her fingertips were

as he held onto her delicate fingertips, just

of hesitation, Brielle gently

body felt incredibly romantic and profound. Life was indeed

was well aware that their encounter was nothing more than a play

circumstance.

the romance was the

escorted to a manor house, the purpose of the trip was still a mystery. She was trying to adjust to the time difference when she heard Patrick’s voice from

window.

Hatfield from Hatfield Inc. is

it was just an auction, why would Max have brought

placing it directly before her. “Ms. Brielle, this contains all the research

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