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.

Lillian’s first bitter taste of defeat.

name, and now

had to

see what lengths the Haywood family would go to

Lillian turned, her lips twitching in a semblance of hurt, “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 naive. Why would anyone be nice to you for no reason? She must’ve known I was the real Haywood daughter and set this

to see her suffer. He had also lost some weight. They’d been close, almost too close once,

her eyes. “The Haywoods will handle this mess. Next

forgiven her and

bias towards her was undeniable, and she knew how to play it.

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in her eyes, Lillian grabbed his wrist,” “I’m sorry, Cameron. I never meant to be the

efforts, Cameron’s heart twinged at her

I will. And you will too,

is out there, and with last night’s mess, no one will want to marry me. Spencer didn’t even come today. He must

and she wiped a tear from the

Spencer, it happened because we drank too much. I panicked when I woke up. I don’t really like him. The guy I like, he’ll

Who

puzzled, but years of indulging Lillian’s wishes meant

idea of attaching herself to Max.

out on his own, it would

care about me. Being with him wouldn’t make me happy. I’ve seen Max a few times before. He’s the