Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 286

Lillian sneered inwardly, her heart as cold as ice. She shut the door behind her with a soft click and turned to face her nemesis, Brielle, lying on the hospital bed.

Brielle’s face was flushed with fever, an IV needle piercing the back of her hand, pumping life–saving fluids into her bloodstream.

Fate, it seemed, was on Lillian’s side today.

A wicked grin flickered across Lillian’s face as she grabbed a pillow from the bedside and pressed it down hard over Brielle’s face. “You bitch! Go to hell!” Her knuckles whitened with the force she applied, every muscle in her arm straining.

Brielle didn’t even have time to utter a word; her breathing became more labored by the second. Her nightmare was turning into a horror show, the dark sky above seemed to drop an unreal shroud devoid of oxygen, and she was suffocating.

“Help,” she gasped in her mind.

her grin twisted as she

quickly removed the pillow and tossed it aside. Brielle’s cellphone lay on the bedsheet, unguarded.

nurse entered, carrying a tray filled with various medications. She gave Lillian a suspicious glance. “Are you here to see Ms. Brielle? May I ask

had entrusted the nurse to be vigilant with his patient, and not for a moment could she let her guard down. No

hat down lower, “I’m her family, just wanted to

ordinary, so she just shook her

as Lillian spoke up, “Max asked me to come by and check on her, glad to hear she’s doing well.”

the door, she couldn’t help but suspect they were Max’s people. After all, who else would care about Brielle?

the nurse’s face, and her defenses dropped, her lips curving into a smile. “You’re here on Max’s behalf? He’s not only handsome and wealthy, but he’s also so attentive to his girlfriend. Ms. Brielle is really lucky. They

blessed.”

nurse turned her back to administer the medication, unaware of the malignant

wished she could crush it. Her mind replayed the nurse’s words