Chapter 358

“No? Really?”

Max echoed the words, but with a different inflection that carried a tinge of amusement.

“Yeah.”

The next moment, he chuckled softly, resting his chin lightly on her shoulder while maintaining their close embrace. His hair brushed against Brielle’s cheek, making her feel as if her heart had melted into a warm puddle.

In the past, she would have found it hard to imagine Max being so affectionate with a woman. Even during their few lovemakings, he had always been in absolute control, perhaps indulgent at times but never as tender as he was now.

Sitting in his arms with her cheeks flushing, Brielle gazed out at the snowflakes dancing in the air and thought to herself, “This must be what being together feels like.”

The thought of being with Max filled her with an indescribable sweetness.

A knock on the door drew Brielle out of Max’s embrace, and she settled herself on a nearby chair.

Patrick walked in and immediately noticed the black beads around Brielle’s wrist, his eyes betraying a flash of surprise. “Mr. Dorsey, Ms. Brielle, I’ve ordered breakfast. It should arrive in about ten minutes.”

To everyone in the Beaconsfield elite, the beads were synonymous with Max, and his austere demeanor earned him the nickname

down some psychological barrier because now, he

what liking someone felt like, he was certain about one thing – Brielle was different, and others simply wouldn’t do.

at the moment,

server wheeled in a cart laden with an array of

night, Brielle’s hunger

handed Brielle the cutlery and observed her eating habits. She had a penchant for a breakfast of oatmeal, a boiled egg, and a side

Chapter 358

her preferences. When Brielle finally set her spoon down, Max frowned

face, she still felt a thrill each time their

image of his expression shifting from icy detachment to

sparkling like stars in the night sky. “Brielle, what’s on your

how low the neckline of her nightgown was. Had Patrick seen the marks there?

project, did you know William

most

the table, and then

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