Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 488

All eyes turned to Max.

Max had been keeping a low profile all evening as if he were uninterested in participating in the proceedings. It wasn’t until this moment that he seemed to come to life, his fingertips. grazing the rosary beads he wore.

Everyone thought he would remove the rosary without hesitation. Even Michael had started to speak up, “Patrick, please escort the lady out. This is no place for outsiders to cause a scene.”

Brielle stood tall, her back straight. Even upon hearing Michael’s words, she just stared steadily at Max.

“Max, think carefully. If you really…”

Before she could finish, Max interrupted her, “Dad, the night I went to the Dorsey family’s ancestral home, I had intended to introduce her to you. It’s not too late now.”

This out–of–the–blue statement drew all eyes to him.

His fingers still lingered on the rosary, gently caressing it, and then he leaned forward slightly, interlocking his fingers with Brielle’s.

Their fingers intertwined.

“This is my girlfriend, Brielle.” The statement landed heavily in the room as if it could burst

eardrums.

struck by lightning, and the thunder still hovered

Girlfriend. Brielle.

could she not understand their

soul seemed to momentarily leave her body, repeatedly battered and kneaded. His words hit her heart, causing her bones to

know how to react. She could taste blood in her mouth. Now that Max had acknowledged his relationship with Brielle, every word Alivia had spat out had turned

drained from Alivia’s face, still in shock.

even tell whether Max had never lost his memory or had just remembered everything upon seeing

catch her breath.

so humiliated in all her life. All this had been given to her by the man

tried to calm herself, but her trembling fingers betrayed the turmoil within.

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Chapter 488

Brielle, that bitch!

she could crawl into a hole and disappear. Such humiliation was agonizing.

they see Maz holding Brielle’s hand and hear him call her his girlfriend?

As absurd as a

Michael was briefly stunned, his mind racing. The night he went to the

understand why Max had suddenly gone there that night, as he usually wouldn’t return without a specific call from him. It turned out it was because of Brielle.

flustered by Max’s announcement. “Max, there are some things that can be done in private; there’s no need to bring them out into the open. Just like