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?”

a business trip, she didn’t feel the need to butter

Business School, famous for his Five

brushing against his rosary bracelet. Suddenly,

quite renowned. It even led Peter Drucker to introduce the concept into the field of

had made a name for himself on Wall Street by the age of sixteen. He

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

onto her delicate fingertips, just holding them, nothing

of hesitation, Brielle gently clamped down

above the earth, every secret of the human body felt incredibly romantic

aware that their encounter was nothing more

circumstance.

the biting chill

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 time difference

window.

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

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

a file, placing it directly before her. “Ms.

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