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

know, but right now, looking at her, he felt a deep sense of

her eyes red from anger, looked endearingly cute.

was her clear–headedness, her sensibility, or her slight temper, it

was this

He couldn’t understand.

and someone walked in,

in a chef’s outfit placed the meal tray on the table, nodded respectfully to Max, and then

a selection of delicate, light

stirred the soup, blowing

Premier Palace, Max had seemed intent. on taking care of her, but due to her outspoken comment, it ended up being a servant who fed her.

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was Max going to feed her

breath, swallowed hard, her hands clenched into fists under the

held the spoon to her lips,

tone wasn’t particularly tender, but it

mouth, feeling as if the soup tasted sweet.

carefully picked up

by the gesture, Brielle opened her mouth and ate it as