Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 1370

Brielle could barely hold back her laughter. Seriously, could kids get any more hilariously sneaky? Isaac, with the cunning of a seasoned prankster, pushed an entire plate of broccoli towards King.

"Daddy, your favorite, eat up!"

King felt a headache coming on.

Brielle, ever the peacekeeper, slid the plate towards herself. "I'll eat it, little cricket. You have something else."

But King wasn't about to let her suffer through eating those dreaded greens. Swiftly, he grabbed the plate and dumped it into the nearby trash can.

Brielle arched an eyebrow, catching King's mumbled excuse, "Must've been a mix-up in the kitchen. Better not risk it, might give you a stomachache." Talk about being stubborn.

Men and their pride, she thought.

Later that night, at Tequila Sunset.

Irene strutted in, rocking a dangerously short skirt that flaunted her long legs.

As soon as she walked in, her eyes locked onto Bryan, the bartender, dressed in the bar's sleek black uniform, mixing a drink for a woman at the counter.

stack of cash on

the

about the new bartender. Handsome, with an air of elegance, and on his first night, he had already handled a few rowdy, drunk patrons better than Tequila Sunset's bouncers who were notoriously handpicked for

Beaconsfield's elite, and Bryan had caught the eye of many. Yet, whether

Irene's bold entrance, the dance floor's energy

eyes, however, were fixed

conversation with a woman who was blatantly propositioning him, offering a million a month for his companionship. He declined with

for half a million. "How about half a million to dance with

with a nonchalant air and walked out from

the dance floor, now

dance partner, and the two

dim, feverish, and

the music shifted, the woman wrapped her arms around Bryan's neck, pulling him into

reciprocated, his arms

waist, but his gaze was locked on Irene, who

sway of red wine, the fragrance,

one, yet their gazes intertwined, tangled, as if their souls kissed amidst

belonged to others, but in that moment, their souls collided,