Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 1434

Having been through that kind of panic before, Mason just couldn't stomach the idea of going through it again. He knew it was only a matter of time before he unraveled completely. Whenever Tiffanie was out of sight, he couldn't shake the fear that something might have

set her off, that she might slip away quietly to end it all.

Instead of heading upstairs, Mason stood frozen in the foyer, tears splattering onto the floor. After waiting upstairs for what felt like forever, Tiffanie eventually came down to find him still standing there.

"Mason?" she called softly. He looked up, his face wiped clean, managing a weak smile.

"Just got lost in my thoughts. Why didn't you wait in bed?"

"I was worried," she admitted. "You didn't come back, and I thought something might've happened."

Mason put his shoes back in their spot, his eyelashes trembling slightly. "It's okay. Let's head back to bed."

and they made their way back

felt uneasy around him. She couldn't bring herself to share the contents of the video she had seen with Mason. Although she had already confided in the psychologist about her past, seeing it was entirely different from

these videos would keep coming. It was only a matter of time before

Mason aside, noting the dark circles that had taken up residence under his eyes. "Mr.

a mess, barely catching any sleep. Now, in Beaconsfield, he was still living in a state of constant dread. His dark

dredging up her darkest fears. I

lost in thought. Meanwhile, folks in North America were on his case about Everett's body, which had been left unclaimed for too long. They wanted to know when he'd come to sort things out. Initially, Mason was all set to handle Everett's funeral, but Tiffanie's fragile emotional state kept him by

having just escaped from there, wouldn't want to go back.

Mason reached out to Max, laying it all out for him. Max frowned, deep lines creasing his forehead. "I'll

all the awful things he'd done. Mason honestly wished he could just leave Everett's body somewhere

bitterness fade away.

Everett fiercely, enough to face the world and bring him into it. She'd said if Mason ever found his father, to take him to see her. Mason couldn't help but