Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 206

As the elevator doors sealed shut, the bodyguard wiped the sweat from his brow, ready to tell the guys to keep their guard up and be vigilant while posted here.

Then a nearby door swung open, and there was Max, leaning casually against the frame. The hallway lighting cast an almost ethereal glow around him, as if he were enveloped in an unreal. aura. His eyes were dark, like flames burning within them, yet those flames seemed to smother against cold ice, extinguished one by one.

“Mr. Dorsey, do you need anything?” the bodyguard asked.

“You don’t have to guard this place.”

“But Mr. Hatfield explicitly instructed…”

“I’m not comfortable with it.”

There was a hint of amusement in his gaze, though it seemed diluted.

The bodyguard could only nod. After seeking approval from Samuel, he removed the security on this floor.

sterilized several times over. He approached the

process of elimination, only

Having accepted their generosity, he had to accept the Hatfield family’s invitation to

shrugged off his suit jacket. Meanwhile, in the other building’s hall, Lillian looked to Cameron, her nerves frayed. “He definitely drank it, right? We’re staying in the same building

turning back now.

heard that the top floor’s security had been withdrawn by Max himself. What was Max up to? Could it be, as Lillian suggested, that

but faced with Lillian’s question, he nodded, emphasizing, “Don’t provoke him too much, Lillian. He’s

she was scoffing. All men were the same to her. And given that Max had taken something not readily available on the market, the slightest

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him to see only the woman he craved. “Let’s go. now. You check the top floor for anyone else, and leave

ensuring that Max wouldn’t be able to look away once he glanced at

noticing others heading to rest as well, and followed suit. A few youngsters. chose to stay

room, slipped into her nearly non–existent lingerie, covered it with an oversized robe tied at the waist, and prepared to head