Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 56

Brielle’s face was pale as she pulled out her smartphone, aiming it at Dustin’s face to start recording.

“Mr. Lynch, I wouldn’t be doing this if I wasn’t desperate to stay alive. A man of your stature surely wouldn’t stoop to quarrel with the likes of me, right? Just promise you won’t come after me again, and I won’t release this video of a woman flipping you over her shoulder.”

Dustin couldn’t help but laugh, still pondering the strength of her move, “You’ve trained?”

Brielle nodded, “Fourth-degree black belt.”

“Not bad.”

Brielle was taken aback, unable to fathom what was going through this man’s mind. Was he actually complimenting her?

She saved the video, no longer pinning Dustin down with her knee. Dustin’s shirt was drenched, and just then his phone started buzzing.

Standing aside, Brielle watched as his fingers deftly played with the gun, his whole demeanor casual and detached. In his eyes, human lives seemed as insignificant as dust. “Andrew, you’ve arrived?”

Whatever the response was, Dustin, after hanging up, began to walk out of the alley. Halfway through, he paused and turned back to glance at Brielle, “You know him?”

Brielle didn’t reply, hearing him continue, “Your eyes reacted when I mentioned Andrew’s name.”

She wanted to deny knowing him. After all, both Andrew and Dustin were after her life. But Dustin didn’t wait for her refusal, abruptly grabbing her wrist and heading straight for the black car parked nearby.

stretch Bugatti shimmered through

from him, a man exuding

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“The Ten Divine Panes.”

set the catalogue aside. The scroll was the auction’s showstopper,

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wonder you needed to

never appeared in auctions before. It was the work of a court painter from the 17th century. Michael

figures approached through the rain. “You

a regular in the social circles of Beaconsfield and was unfamiliar to them. It

set, and Dustin, notorious in those circles as a playboy, had

would I fight

after

in the past/most

after Lot 8. Dustin’s generous with women, but not every woman is worth splurging on to

conservative estimates, would fetch

to the window, the figures

Dustin’s grip, but he seemed intent on holding on tightly. Once

with

front, and naturally, he wouldn’t share a ride

at the auction, but

head on in. We’ll meet at the auction and then you can

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