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.

twisted as she kept the pressure on.

to enter at any second. Grinding her teeth in annoyance, Lillian quickly removed the pillow and tossed it aside. Brielle’s cellphone lay on the bedsheet, unguarded. Lillian snatched it up and, using Brielle’s fingerprint, unlocked the device.

filled with various medications. She gave Lillian a suspicious glance. “Are

and not for a moment could she let her guard down. No sooner had she stepped out than someone new had appeared

just wanted to check in on her. Is

of the ordinary, so

prepared the injection, as Lillian spoke up, “Max asked me to come by and check on her, glad

with the increase in staff at the door, she couldn’t help

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.

blessed.”

administer the medication, unaware of the malignant hatred contorting Lillian’s

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