Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 850

Brielle felt a knot in her stomach remembering her first run-in with Dustin. It hadn't exactly been a warm welcome, but there was no hostility in his demeanor. Their eyes locked, and he seemed startled before inviting her to be his date. Blood ties are perhaps the most inexplicable force in the world.

Dustin had always hoped Brielle could be his sister. But back then, she had her own family, and with the Fox family scandal blowing up, both of them shied away from such thoughts. Now, Dustin had disappeared with the truth.

Brielle watched Raymond and the woman next to him, Annie, feeling too hesitant to approach. Instead, she hid.

From the moment she set foot on this land, her heart was a whirlwind of nerves and excitement.

Tears streamed down her face when she saw the model airplane.

Dustin was undoubtedly the best brother anyone could ask for.

He just had to be okay.

In a remote mountain village.

Dustin lay in bed, his torso still wrapped in bandages.

of chicken noodle soup, avoiding

this; you haven't had anything decent to

glanced at her and opened his mouth, signaling for

as she spoon-fed him the soup. His mouth moved deftly, as if he was used to

Emma changed his bandages. The room was filled with the scent

up, the pungent aroma of herbs had filled the air, even clinging to Emma's skin with its ever-changing

more herbs. She was the village's only herbalist, and her family depended on the sale of these herbs for their

cleaned and dried

couple of months to

get

bring in about two thousand a month, although her mother's medical expenses took

her country, where pale and delicate features were the beauty standard.

lightly for herb gathering. Inside her room, she efficiently stripped off her coat, sliding two knives into

Dustin's gaze caught Emma lifting her shirt, revealing her toned abs. Though in this isolated village, no one knew the allure

twenty-five and unmarried,

mother and a