Chapter 19

The door closed slowly, and Brielle remained rooted to the spot, unable to move an inch. She had known Aubree for years but never realized the depth of the relationship between

her and

Andrew. A tumult of emotions churned within her, like waves crashing and winds howling. Didn’t Andrew have a fiancée?

Brielle’s head lowered, her long lashes casting deep shadows across her face, as she stood motionless.

The hallway was quiet and elegant, but the noises coming from the man had been anything but. Perhaps mindful that Max was still waiting in the private dining room, Andrew had finished quickly. His lips, his shirt collar, were smudged with telltale marks of lipstick.

Leaning against the mirror, legs weak, Aubree raised an evebrow with a smile, “Tessa didn’t take good care of you?”

Andrew, with a touch of cruelty, patted her cheek and said coldly, “This kind of affair isn’t something she’s cut out for.”

Aubree didn’t reply, her face ghostly pale.

simple command, “Clean yourself up

gone.

Aubree straightened her attire before

“Bri…”

in a flash of panic, she wasn’t sure how much Brielle had seen. She knew her actions were no better than those of Lillian, and almost instinctively she tried to justify, “You have to understand, Andrew and Tessa-it’s just a business arrangement. There’s no love. Besides, Tessa has always been frail

twisted relationship. Brielle’s eyes were calm

and found herself

to Brielle was palpable. The very person who had just been condemning Lillian had suddenly become the

you wouldn’t understand love. I’ve adored him

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was all because of his engagement to the

there were a switch to turn off love and retract all emotions, she would give anything to

“Bri.”

and bold, Aubree had never felt

door creaked open. Andrew appeared, a smirk of smug satisfaction spread across his face, yet it lacked any trace of

had noticed Brielle all along but didn’t

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