Master of his heart

Chapter 27

The air at the dinner table was thick with unspoken tension, which erupted violently when Miranda suddenly lost her cool. She grabbed Brielle by the hell have you been up to outside this house?”

ollar of her blouse. “What the

Brielle had only just finished a tryst with Max the night before, and the faint marks that had begun to fade were now a vivid crimson. As her collar was yanked open, those damning marks were exposed to the scrutinizing eyes of everyone present.

Miranda froze, then, unable to contain her fury, she slapped her daughter across the face. “How could I have raised a daughter like you! Get out! Get out of

my sight!”

It was all over. Her daughter had been fooling around behind the back of the Dorsey family’s son. If Faith got wind of this, the Haywoods would be in jeopardy.

Faith, who never tolerated any nonsense, would never allow her son to marry a fickle

woman.

How did things get this bad? Miranda’s fingertips quivered with the urge to s

found herself powerless, torn between regret for raising such daughter and

wiped the corner of her mouth where the slap had landed harder than ever before. She should feel heartbroken, but instead, there was a bizarre

like she’d just won the lottery. Brielle, always so prim and proper, had been cavorting with

been keeping a bitch as his mistress on the side. Why shouldn’t

show his face, and yet made Brielle willing to break off

How could she fall for a male prostitute?

for a male prostitute. It was an embarrassment, a slight that made him feel an unfamiliar pang of hurt. She even said that male prostitute was irresistible, words that didn’t sound like they could come

heart ached. Was he not attractive enough? Was his

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voice was hoarse, his gaze piercing, “I will not dissolve

why he wouldn’t agree, only that he couldn’t stand to stay

changed so

destroy someone so badly, all because of that detestable male escort. If he ever found that gigolo, he would make him pay

her frustration. Yet, seeing the color drain from

and humiliation of catching them together. Comparing that to what they were experiencing

ocean.

fiancée has been promiscuous and yet refusing to break off

swept over the

tonight, the Haywoods would no longer see her as the obedient daughter. The Dorseys probably wouldn’t hear about this shameful affair right away, as no one present would want to

didn’t care anymore. Things had escalated to a point of no

miserable day and night. It would be better to break free from them sooner. And somehow, she had always suspected Spencer wouldn’t let go of their engagement so easily. He had been

took action.