Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 982

Patrick couldn't bring himself to meet her gaze; his own eyes were swollen from a month's worth of tears, finally accepting the hard truth that the CEO was gone.

"Ms. Brielle, please take care of yourself. I'm about to start a new job at Dream Tech Designs, so I won't be staying around here."

Leaving all the documents behind, Patrick's voice was hoarse, each word trembling as though it were wrung out of him.

"The CEO was most worried about you, Ms. Brielle. He hoped you wouldn't give up on yourself. Before the explosion, his actions were like those of a man putting his affairs in order. He had mentioned transferring his shares, an idea I rejected. I didn't know his secrets, but I kept thinking that maybe he wouldn't just vanish so easily. Perhaps on a serene, sunlit day, he'd return, and before that day, he'd endure many hardships to come back to you. So, Ms. Brielle, you need to pull yourself together too."

Using Max to console Brielle seemed to be the most effective method.

Since Brielle refused to accept the reality of his disappearance, it was best to leave her with a glimmer of hope.

Max would return.

One day.

On a serene, sunlit day.

As for when that day would be, no one could say.

A spark of life returned to Brielle's eyes. She had been about to tear up the documents, but now she grew calm.

That evening, she began to eat again, which moved Dustin to tears. He quickly instructed the kitchen to prepare a hearty meal to help her regain her strength.

return to normal, even taking a stroll in the

shake off his worry.

shattered an empty bowl she had intended to use

to pick them up, he saw her step over the broken porcelain with her phone turned off, as

is your

forgetting his intention to crouch

her barefoot, standing by the French

is 'soon'? Are you

realized the truth: Brielle wasn't better; she was

didn't make a scene or question her but instead sat her down on the couch and summoned the family doctor to tend to her wounds. Then he called for

had a brief chat with Brielle,

dejection, wanting to lash out

Max had protected

be angry at himself for leaving

Lynch family, yet the Lynch

fault as

to be

ran a hand through his

anything we

Ramey looked troubled.

come through this on her own. It might improve over time, or it might get worse. We

a deep breath and grew