Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 701

It wasn’t Max who came through the door, but Annie.

Annie looked surprised to see her. “Ms. Brielle?”

Brielle nodded, watching as Annie walked straight to the desk, scooped up a hair clip, and slipped it into her purse. “Aren’t you heading out, Ms. Brielle?”

“The socializing isn’t over yet?”

Both asked at the same time.

Annie chuckled, “Not yet, probably another fifteen minutes or so. I got a call from my godfather, so I left early. Ms. Brielle, I passed your message on to Max. I’ve got to run now. I was worried you’d be waiting too long. Maybe give him a call to check in?”

Annie knew their phones were out of reach and messages couldn’t be delivered, so she dared to say so. She wanted to make Brielle feel more frustrated and more uncomfortable.

“Sure, thanks for the heads up.”

Brielle sat on the couch, helplessly watching the hair clip disappear into Annie’s bag as she departed, leaving the office quiet once

more.

the time. She started out lounging on the couch but gradually sat up straight with hands on her knees and a nervous

as the door closed. “Murray, I’ve managed to stir up trouble between Brielle and Max again. Gosh, I feel like I’m just too

a piece of candy from a box beside her and popped it into her mouth. Murray’s gaze on her was tender as if she were just a mischievous little girl. No matter how outrageous Annie’s antics, Murray always thought she was an eternally

Murray’s face towards her, and passed the sweet from her lips to his, her eyes sparkling.

his breath quivering, and his voice growing hoarse with desire. He was lost

he was referring to the candy, or

her eyes full of mirth. “I’m in such

fantastic mood today.”

round of the role–play they had indulged in the night before. But

on her hand, cheeks bulging with candy, Annie caught his look and smiled. “What’s up?

driving off, he got out, opened the back door, and slid in beside Annie. She said nothing, watched

in her buoyant mood, Annie had no desire for sex, so she frowned slightly. “Haven’t I told you, when I

know? Be

with a crestfallen look, reluctantly released her. He returned to the driver’s seat and pressed the accelerator. The car glided forward

and eyes squinting as she savored her candy, she might as well have been a teenager. She seemed like a girl who