Chapter 4
How the tables had turned.
Satisfied, Brielle sat back, not caring whether she had dampened his suit or not.-
The ride to Premier Palace was wrapped in a comfortable silence, as if by unspoken agreement, and neither of them felt the need to engage in idle conversation.
Brielle knew that Max’s attentiveness wasn’t due to pity or a flutter of the heart. He was predator at the top of the food chain, having made his mark on Wall Street at the tender age of seventeen, orchestrating the biggest corporate merger of the year. His rise to fame was built on the ruins of his rivals. A man like him, she mused, didn’t have a heart to
spare.
A chill ran through her, and she sneezed uncontrollably. A clean blanket was tossed her way. Looking up, she saw him engrossed in papers on his lap, not sparing her a glance.
“Thanks, Uncle Max,” she said, grabbing the blanket and drying her damp hair.
As the wrought iron gates of Premier Palace slowly swung open, even Brielle, no stranger to grandeur, couldn’t help but be captivated by the opulence within.
at the villa’s entrance, and Patrick stepped
to keep up with Max, a smirk
into him. His eyes twinkled with amusement
I must be the first woman to make it to your bed
chin was lifted by his firm grip, forcing her to meet his gaze. Panic fluttered in her chest. She had initiated this game, but the
“Yes,” he answered simply.
took a deep breath and bit her lip
villa’s grand hall, he loosened the tie around his neck. The rosary beads glinted
how you
that as a sign of a potential long-term arrangement.
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Chapter 4
bit of
found her dull, his mother Faith thought her restrained, and the Haywood family believed her to be demure. They were all wrong.
worry, Uncle Max. I’ll take good care of
his dark eyes indifferent. He casually unbuttoned his shirt, scooping her
a dead fish in bed?” She was still
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