Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 174

“Brielle, you!”

Cameron was livid, but Lillian’s hand landed gently on his arm. “Let it go, Cameron. She’s just all talk.”

In her heart, Lillian seethed with rage, but staying put would only serve as amusement for

onlookers.

Cameron, too fed up to deal with Brielle any longer, slammed the car door shut.

Meanwhile, Miranda took off in a different vehicle.

Left standing on her own, Brielle felt a sudden peace around her ears. She followed the officer into the lobby.

The cop kept talking about the Haywood family’s donation.

“Not only did they bail out Lillian, but to salvage her rep, they dropped a cool ten mil in her name. to the Sunflower Children’s Home. Ms. Brielle, please, take a seat.”

The officer was no fool. He saw right through the Haywood bunch, “Getting away from that kind of family is a good thing.”

In the departing car, Lillian deliberately snuggled up to Cameron, eager to gauge just how far her brother would go for her.

After last night’s debacle, her fair–weather friends had all clammed up, and even Spencer hadn’t shown up to pick her up.

first bitter

she’d worked to tarnish Brielle’s name, and now it had

to

see what lengths the Haywood family would

“Cameron, it was Brielle who pushed me to make that donation. She told me to put it in my name. I never expected her to pull a stunt like this. I was

some weight. They’d been close,

“The Haywoods will handle this mess. Next time, be smarter about

had forgiven her

bias towards her was undeniable, and she knew how

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grabbed his wrist,” “I’m sorry, Cameron. I never meant to be the Haywood daughter. Don’t be mad at me. You’ll meet

efforts, Cameron’s heart twinged

you will

night’s mess, no one will want to marry me. Spencer didn’t even come today. He must be so

wiped a tear from the corner of her eye.

up. I don’t really like him. The guy I like, he’ll never give me a second glance.”

you mean? Who do you like?”

of indulging Lillian’s wishes meant he couldn’t

to Max. Now was the perfect chance to make her feelings

if Cameron found out on his own, it would make for a messy

see that Spencer doesn’t really care about me. Being with him wouldn’t make me happy. I’ve seen Max a few times before. He’s the kind of man worth committing to, better than Spencer. If I could be