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.

head throbbed with the effort of thinking, but no clear

can. “Could it be

served them no benefit. Besides, Ryan was still searching for Spencer and couldn’t

“I don’t know.”

those severed fingers still lingering in her mind. And now.

of the Haywood

was torn, feeling as though something

right 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 come and check on you later.”

survive in the cutthroat circles of Beaconsfield, you had to let

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more you discarded, the higher you rose. Those who couldn’t let go ended

by the Haywoods‘ demands,

Julian’s face, kind and benevolent, one of the most significant figures in her

had become

at her legs and

vital point. The image of those three fingers haunted