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?”

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

at Harvard Business School, famous for his Five Forces

help steady the tablet, her fingertips brushing against his rosary bracelet. Suddenly, he withdrew his wrist

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

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

her breathing quickening. He seemed at

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

hesitation, Brielle gently clamped down on

earth, every secret of the human body felt incredibly romantic and profound.

aware that their encounter was nothing more

circumstance.

was the biting

as Brielle was escorted to a manor house, the purpose of the trip

window.

is also here, for

But if it was just an auction, why would Max have brought

a file, placing it directly before her. “Ms. Brielle, this contains