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?”

need to butter him up as she would in a more

Harvard Business School, famous for

against his rosary bracelet.

Drucker to introduce the concept into the field

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

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

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

hesitation, Brielle gently clamped

the earth, every secret of the human body felt incredibly

that their encounter was nothing more than

circumstance.

the biting chill of

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

window.

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

abroad? But if it was just an auction,

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