Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 343

Max had never considered the possibility, primarily because Martha’s troubles had begun back home, within the borders of their own country.

The closer he got to the Dorsey family, the closer he inched toward trouble. It was a certainty that someone would try to leverage Martha’s situation to manipulate him. He would not stand

for it.

“Max, Aunt Martha surely wants to see you all the time, and it’s more convenient back home,” Alivia suggested, her shrewd intentions hidden beneath layers of concern as she pressed on.

Max turned, casting a glance at his mother lying quietly on the bed before letting out a soft sigh. “We’ll see.”

If it were indeed being isolated in a foreign land, without familiar faces to care for her, that had exacerbated the situation, he would consider bringing Martha back.

A flicker of excitement passed through Alivia’s eyes, and her lips curved into a subtle smile. She had tried to influence Max indirectly over the years, but he had never wavered. Perhaps the severity of the current situation was finally making him reconsider.

Max bowed his head, absent–mindedly touching the bracelet on his wrist. Noticing his action, Alivia felt a surge of warmth, and her attention sharpened as he asked her, “Alivia, are you not planning to stay at the overseas research institute anymore?”

Alivia was a clever woman. She had joined the institute partly because it was close to Martha’s nursing home and partly for the prestige.

peers in Beaconsfield, she was the only one to have received an invitation.

now, her connections were vast enough. It was time to return and get engaged to Max and, incidentally, deal with the woman lurking

has agreed. We’ll be establishing a branch there, and I’ll be the head,” she said

good. Your mom probably wants you back, too.” His tone was indifferent, showing no particular reaction to Alivia’s decision to stay back home.

knew

of blue flowers. They were irises; their petals were shaped like

never seen Max like this. He was always the distant enigma, but today,

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almost earthly.

did have a way

of Alivia’s observation. Max was still looking at the irises.

of those

“Cough, cough.”

the familiar ceiling, she knew