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."

made their way

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

set things up so these videos would keep coming. It was

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

sleep. Now, in Beaconsfield, he was still living in a state of constant dread.

by something she saw recently, dredging up her darkest fears.

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 her side. This delay couldn't go on any longer; he had to make that trip to North

go back. Leaving her alone

all out for him. Max frowned, deep lines creasing his forehead.

affairs. He felt no warmth towards Everett, especially after all the awful things he'd done.

bitterness fade away.

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 wonder if the man he was about to bury was still the same person his mother had loved. The shining star, playing the piano on stage, had