Master of his heart

Chapter 6

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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teeth, his irritation boiling over. “You wish! The Haywoods only wanted to latch onto our family’s influence. Let me tell you, stop meddling in things that don’t concern you. I don’t like you one bit.

throbbed painfully under his grip, likely bruising. “Spencer, it was your who wanted this engagement in the first place, and now you want to call it off. What exactly do the Dorseys take

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 in the matter. The Dorseys probably thought

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

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secure his position at

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

Lillian, and while with her, he’d take every opportunity to belittle Brielle as dull,

be used and discarded, she wasn’t about to

biggest mistake of my life. It’s utterly

struck Brielle like a plunge into icy waters. A stifled pain grew in her heart, and she couldn’t help but

this afternoon. If you’re going to have a meltdown, do it somewhere

a nerve with Brielle and, with

and you

sore wrist, Brielle wished she could swing a punch at him. “I’m heading downstairs. Remember to

eyes bulged in disbelief, and he almost shrieked, “What

up, smiling. “Uncle Max said it was a gift for me.

“You!”

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

bother to refute. A two-million-dollar villa was not something she was

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

looked up at Lucinda. With an apologetic grip on her own clothes, Lucinda said, “I’m sorry. I spoke too loudly, and someone

his tie. “So

It’s not like it’s going to last

no regard for Brielle. She

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