Chapter 6

Max’s gaze did a quick sweep over her face before he murmured, “Leave.”

Brielle wasn’t offended, she knew his sternness was just a show of authority for others, not truly directed at her. After all, she did benefit from the situation.

She was about to sweet talk him a bit more when the conference room door burst open. Spencer stood there, his face clouded with anger. “What are you still doing here?” he snapped

Brielle hadn’t expected Spencer to double back like this. He usually paid her no mind. With no choice, she pretended to tidy up the papers on the table, gave Max a respectful nod, and left the room.

Spencer, in his sharp suit, didn’t dare meet Max’s gaze and mumbled, “Uncle Max, I apologize for her ignorance. She doesn’t know any better.

Max responded with a nonchalant “Hmm” and looked away.

Outside, Spencer grabbed Brielle’s wrist tightly. “Did you go squealing to him? For heaven’s sake, Brielle, you’re a lady of the Haywood family. Haven’t you ever seen money before?”

The disdain in his eyes was like a thorn, brutally piercing Brielle’s heart.

Brielle found him utterly ridiculous. She didn’t know where he got the idea that she was money-hungry and promiscuous. Maybe because she had only been brought back to the Haywood fold at the age of ten, he assumed she carried an air of poverty about her.

“Spencer, we’ve known each other for thirteen years. Have you ever given me anything?” she shot back. So what made him think she was after money?

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our family’s influence. Let me tell you, stop meddling in things that don’t concern you. I don’t like you one bit. Just stay in your lane, and eventually, I’ll make things clear to

your who wanted this engagement in the

the Haywoods, charmed by Brielle’s looks and top-notch academic performance. They were classmates, and Spencer, used to getting his way, thought she was the only girl worthy of him. The Haywoods naturally agreed, and Brielle had no say

the only reason the marriage contract hadn’t been dissolved was because of her status

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help Spencer secure his position at

engagement had dragged on, and Brielle had been nothing but devoted,

Lillian, and while with her, he’d take

her as some cheap commodity to be used and discarded, she wasn’t about

biggest mistake

struck Brielle like a plunge into icy waters. A stifled pain grew in her heart,

If you’re going to have a meltdown, do it

Brielle and, with

and you

wished she could swing a punch at him. “I’m heading

he almost shrieked, “What

Max said it was a gift

“You!”

seen this side of Brielle, and he clenched his fists in rage. “You’re really

two-million-dollar villa was not something

to her office. The office was buzzing, and all eyes were on her. Brielle frowned upon hearing the whispers about a

on her own clothes, Lucinda said, “I’m sorry. I

tie. “So they

not like it’s

showed no regard for

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Chapter 6

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