Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

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The hatred was like lava, scalding Brielle’s heart until it trembled. She feared Cameron might take another drastic measure, but he merely gazed at her with profound intensity, barely clinging to his sanity.

“Lillian’s lost three fingers, Brielle. If you want Grandpa to live out his days in peace, you’ll tell Max to back off. Lillian should be out of the station by now. Three fingers should suffice to quench your grudge, right? If I don’t get your call by six tonight, I’ll pay Grandpa a visit.

With that, he followed the doctor who had entered, helping Miranda as they left.

The moment the hospital door shut, Aubree retched again, her face deathly pale. “Were those really Lillian’s fingers?”

Brielle leaned back against her pillow, her voice calm. “Yeah.”

This was Aubree’s first brush with such a scene, her stomach churning with acid, feeling as if her very teeth were souring. “Bri, Max couldn’t have done this, could he?”

“No, it wasn’t him.”

Maybe Max had another side to him, but he’d never present such a gruesome gift.

throbbed with the effort

tossing it into the trash can. “Could it

but such an act served them no benefit. Besides, Ryan was still searching for

“I don’t know.”

shock of those severed fingers still lingering in her mind. And now. with Cameron’s

and through. The downfall of the Haywood family would surely

torn, feeling as though something was drilling

to use him to manipulate you. Think about all the hurt they’ve inflicted on you. Can you really let it go just like that? If Max really took action for you, and you tell him to stop, what does that make him? Weigh it out. I’ll

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discarded, the higher you rose. Those who

shackled by the Haywoods‘ demands, she would indeed

Brielle’s mind conjured Julian’s face, kind and benevolent, one of the

become leverage against her.

at her legs and

up after being pinched at the vital point. The image of those three fingers haunted