Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

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The doctor, sensing the tension between the two, scurried out of the ward room, making sure to close the door behind him.

Max approached, his own mood darkening.

Only he knew the anxiety that came with receiving such a call, speeding through red lights all the way here.

He had never lost his composure like this before.

The moment Brielle opened the door, his heart had jumped into his throat. Only when he heard her voice did his tense muscles start to unwind.

He tried to rationalize why he was feeling this way.

Then, he thought about dopamine.

At rest, dopamine fires at three to five times a second, but when excited, its firing rate can Surge to twenty to thirty times a second.

When the anticipated outcome doesn’t materialize, dopamine firing can drop to zero. It’s a lousy feeling, one that can provoke irritation, J

ust like he was feeling now.

For Brielle to be safe and sound, or was it

right now, looking at her, he felt a deep sense of tranquility.

red from anger, looked

or her slight temper, it

this feeling?

He couldn’t understand.

door, and someone walked in, bringing with them the

tray on the table, nodded respectfully to Max, and

a selection of delicate, light dishes, and a bowl of

up a spoon and stirred

remembered back at Premier Palace, Max had seemed intent. on taking care of her, but due to her

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no servants around, was Max going

swallowed hard, her hands clenched into fists under the

her lips,

wasn’t particularly tender, but it wasn’t indifferent either.

as if the

fork and carefully picked up some food, holding it under her

gesture, Brielle opened her mouth and ate