Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 1096

"Get up."

King's words were soft, almost a whisper.

Joseph rose from the ground, handing back the dagger with a respectful gesture.

"Sir, do I need to deal with Myles?"

A chuckle escaped King, though it didn't quite reach his eyes. "If he's smart, he'd have run off by now. Those folks might have gotten to him. Myles has been by my side long enough to be of use to them." "Sir, I still want to check on him."

A flash of determination crossed Joseph's eyes. If Myles had indeed betrayed them, he felt partly responsible. It was he who had entrusted Myles with the task, giving him the opportunity.

"I'll take the punishment myself."

King had stood up by then, his gaze fixed on the woman doctor in front of him.

"Handled."

If she wouldn't speak, then she'd never get the chance again.

To think, a doctor, trading her ethics for ten million dollars. She may be pitiful, but weren't others just as deserving of pity? What about Isaac?

Leaving the mansion, King felt a heaviness in his heart, memories of a painful past concerning childbirth surfacing. It was a chapter of his life he'd rather forget, the only time he'd fallen seriously ill, comatose for a whole month. "Max?"

an answer. Yet, a few minutes later, Max responded with

of

and pain was unbearable. He'd rather undergo surgery himself than subject Brielle to

"Hmm."

that 'hmm' mean? Don't you believe me? Well, I guess you all think I'm

Silence followed.

fuming,

No response came.

that Brielle had gone out made his

his darkening demeanor, were visibly shaken. "Since sir never mentioned

King hadn't explicitly forbidden Brielle from stepping out. He had

Brielle gone and those haunting memories

from Mason. Since the fire incident, she'd been under the weather

by King, wasn't on him but left on the

meeting, her first face-to-face with all the executives. Though she had virtually met them during her

another vehicle. Her brow furrowed at the sight

her car door, his dark eyes fixed on

car, borrowed from

with a

King to locate

a villa servant, went pale

"Sir."

"Get out."