Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 1431

Two hours slipped by in what felt like a heartbeat. Mason had just wrapped up his meeting, but as he made his way downstairs, the lobby was eerily empty, a stark contrast to the earlier hustle and bustle.

Pulling out his phone, he dialed her number, but only the cold, unyielding silence of an unanswered call met him. Panic began to creep in. He quickly had the building's surveillance footage checked, revealing Tiffanie stepping out alone, barefoot-something was definitely wrong. Mason frantically reached out to friends, asking them to help search for Tiffanie. Meanwhile, he took to the streets himself, driving through familiar roads that now felt strangely foreign.

As Tiffanie's phone went from ringing to dead, Mason's heart sank. He gripped the steering wheel so tightly his knuckles turned white, feeling more helpless by the second. The only thing that could ease his mind was knowing Tiffanie was safe, right there in front of him. Tears brimmed in his eyes. What if she did something drastic? Hadn't she been making progress with therapy recently? Why this sudden change?

Max's team was also out searching, but in a place as vast as Beaconsfield, finding someone determined to stay hidden, especially without a phone, was like finding a needle in a haystack.

through, but she barely noticed, lost in her own whirlwind of thoughts. The world moved around her, people hurrying

solitude was suddenly broken by a

"Tiffanie!"

was nowhere to go. In her haste, she stumbled,

her feet, trying to escape further into the shadows. But Mason caught up, his

you're bleeding," she exclaimed, horrified, more worried

emotion as he begged to know

clipped by a car earlier and needed