Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 1302

King raised an eyebrow, casting a glance at the two gossiping nearby.

Brielle had overheard their conversation too. Even though she delighted in shopping for him, their disparaging comments made her quite displeased.

The speaker was a young woman, accompanied by a middle-aged man with a noticeable belly-old enough to be her father. Yet, she affectionately called him "darling" while occasionally rolling her eyes at Brielle. The man she was with looked the part of a nouveau riche, his fingers adorned with chunky gold rings, his face shiny with excess.

Upon seeing Brielle, his eyes lit up, but then he coldly snorted upon glancing at Max. His companion followed suit with another eye roll.

"To think a man could accept such humiliation, truly a sign of the times," the woman sneered.

King, still holding his shopping bags, might have thrown anyone else provoking him straight into the ocean to feed the sharks, but somehow, he found their taunts amusing. "Brielle, they're saying I'm living off your money, huh?" he joked, a hint of mirth in his voice.

Brielle, partly annoyed yet amused, finished her transaction and grabbed his wrist.

"We've been at it all day. Tired? Let's grab something to eat."

tired; browsing through the stores was a

the last one and displayed it proudly in his room.

car, King placed the bags down and pulled her into

After all, for a man of his caliber, was it really okay

insecurities about their relationship made her overthink every little reaction from him, tiring herself out

her close, smiled, but Brielle gazed out the window, contemplating how to keep him without constantly fearing

had the bags brought inside and then asked King, "Are you

was taken aback. Why

he was being too eager, possibly making Brielle take him for

of the other leaving, suppressing their true

to respond. Brielle mistook his silence for confirmation, her eyes welling up as she forced a casual

she walked away, leaving King grasping at nothing as

I can afford it, I wanted to try everything I missed out on," she

servants continue to haul in the shopping bags, the fleeting happiness now gone. Entering

interactions with Max, always shy and tender, unlike the ticking time bomb

to Isaac, who