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.

Lillian was relentless, her grin twisted as she kept the

critical moment, someone was knocking at the door, seemingly about 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

Lillian a suspicious glance. “Are you here to see Ms.

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

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

give away anything out of the ordinary, so she

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

couldn’t help but suspect they were Max’s people. After all, who else

“You’re here on Max’s behalf? He’s not only handsome and wealthy, but he’s also so

blessed.”

nurse turned her back to administer the medication, unaware of

crush it. Her