Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 1494

Her eyes, as blue as a clear sky, were filled with warmth for Dustin as she gently took his hand and placed it on her cheek.

"Do I look like I've lost some weight?" she asked softly.

"Not at all, you're still as stunning as ever," he replied with a smile.

Clare chuckled lightly, "Honestly, can you stay here with me for a couple of days?"

Dustin's brow furrowed a bit, but the sight of the scar on her neck, a chilling reminder from the doctor that she had been just inches from death, tugged at his heartstrings. "Alright," he agreed.

Clare's smile widened, her gaze never leaving his.

Dustin settled into a chair, his phone buzzing at that moment with a message from Emma.

"The baby just kicked! Feels like it knows it's almost time to make an entrance."

A grin spread across Dustin's face as he read her message.

"The due date's just a week away. I'll be back in two days," he texted back.

Emma nodded to herself, then realized he couldn't see her nodding, so she quickly typed a reply.

"Okay."

Dustin was about to ask if she'd been eating well and if they had any names picked out for a boy.

But just then, Clare playfully snatched his phone and leaned in, pressing a kiss to his lips.

"Are you busy with work?" she teased, her voice soft as she nestled into his arms.

murmured, wrapping her arms around his neck and leaning in for another kiss. Dustin gently pushed her back, "Clare, we were clear that night was just a moment of

we have a

and laid her on the

to Beaconsfield. My fiancée's about to have

widened in disbelief, as if she'd

"A baby?" she asked.

nodded, "So, I'm truly

can see you don't really love her. With your means, you

love her," he

gaze turned determined, "But that takes time, doesn't it? Right now, you don't love her. You're drawn to me, I can feel it. Otherwise, you wouldn't have left her to come see me. It's just the baby

just the right time when I

"Is that

as Australia's

your past flings, even your wife, and your thoughts on love and marriagez But she might not understand you. You always said, 'Live

always been

Clare, "I

Clare's eyes as

days, and you

reached for a

Clare didn't take it.

could even board his flight, his phone rang with a call

then quickly rushed back to

heavy bleeding, and the

umbilical cord was wrapped around its

C-section was needed, and it turned into an exhausting

in fear, and Dustin arrived in a

hadn't come through yet, and he was engulfed in a cloud of

emerged, holding twins-a boy and

be moving her to a