Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 442

Brielle awoke to a feeling of utter exhaustion, her body devoid of strength. She could hear voices outside her room, murmuring in hushed tones.

“The poor girl lost the baby. They forced some meds on her and did the D&C.”

“Wasn’t she out of it when she arrived? Why did they even need anesthesia?”

“They performed an appendectomy. If she had gotten here any later, that appendix would’ve done her in.”‘

“It’s a shame. So young, and now it’s going to be tough for her to get pregnant again.”

“High society is a minefield of drama, isn’t it? We can’t disobey Ms. Martha’s orders. If anyone’s to blame, it’s just her rotten luck.”

Lying there, staring at the stark white ceiling tiles, Brielle felt the pain not just in her body but spreading across her heart. She blinked her stinging eyes, trying to lift a finger to touch her surgical scars, but she was too drained, completely spent.

Why was being with Max so exhausting? What was so wrong about loving someone that an innocent life had to pay the price?

Biting her lip, she looked at the ceiling, tears silently trailing down her face.

in their office,

just walk away clean? It’s unfortunate for the girl, but if it weren’t for the appendectomy, she’d have realized soon enough that she hadn’t had a

could

seemed to recall

Brielle, on the hospital bed, kept her eyes tightly shut. Her mind was a blank

incessantly buzzing, but she lacked the strength to answer it until a nurse

open her eyes, Brielle could just make out the flashing name on the screen. It was

do you want me to hang up

cracked and parched from not having sipped water since the night

hoarse as she whispered, “Please, send him a message for me. Tell him

contacts and find Aubree’s name? Send her a text

but once you were part of this clinic, you

Brielle remembered Sydney being

“Just a lady.”

have been Sydney, then..

eyes slowly; she had no appetite. “Just give me a glucose IV. I don’t want to

IV before drawing the curtains