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?”

she didn’t feel the need to butter him up

Harvard Business School, famous

out to help steady the tablet, her fingertips brushing against his rosary bracelet. Suddenly, he

renowned. It even led Peter Drucker to introduce the concept into the field of corporate management for the

were common talk in the financial circles. Max had made a name for

warmth of his palm sent her thoughts racing, her breathing quickening. He seemed at ease, as if her fingertips

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

of hesitation, Brielle

of the human body felt incredibly romantic and profound. Life

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

circumstance.

the biting chill of

touched down in the United States. Even as Brielle was escorted to a manor house, the purpose of the trip

window.

from Hatfield Inc. is also here, for the auction

happening abroad? But if it was just an auction, why would Max have

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

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