Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 971

"What's on your mind?"

His grip tightened on her chin, his voice dangerously close.

Brielle recoiled, disgusted, but even that slight movement seemed to set him off.

"Aubree hasn't been sent back yet, has she?"

Brielle froze, pressing her lips tightly together in silence. The two sat there, wordless.

The TV droned on in the background with news about Max. Brielle couldn't care less about the media's take on him. The same people who had torn Max to shreds were now praising him to the heavens. Everyone had condemned Max, leaving him in tatters. The jeers that had echoed so loudly were now replaced with applause.

It was all so fleeting, so hollow.

The silence broke with Antonio's hurried footsteps. His eyes narrowed at the sight of the cold, masked man on the sofa, and he rushed forward, barely containing his excitement.

"Sir!"

wanted to bow down in reverence,

you asked. What should

Desperation filled his eyes.

overhearing Antonio's plea, realized he had made a deal with

the devil never

Antonio, he

was all just a

now that Max has acquired Dorsey International, how can I turn the tide?"

own DreamTech Designs at sixteen. If you're truly better than him, you'd have another identity by now to crush him,

hitting

Antonio's world, he believed he'd beaten

in reality, he

face twisted with resentment

just a hostage. Sir is far superior to Max, the most cunning person I've ever met. He could crush Max as easily as an ant." Putting Sir on a pedestal made Max

She chose to keep