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

but she found herself powerless, torn between regret for raising such daughter and resentment towards Brielle’s

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

Brielle, always so prim and proper, had been cavorting with someone behind closed doors. She feigned shock, covering her

a bitch as his mistress on the side. Why shouldn’t I get my revenge? Spencer, you were right. He did indeed show me what I

and yet made Brielle willing to break off her engagement, was a humiliation too intense for

fall for

metallic taste in his mouth, as if tasting blood. His fiancée was ready to toss him aside for a male prostitute. It was an embarrassment, a slight that made him feel an unfamiliar pang

not attractive enough? Was his family

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gaze piercing, “I will not dissolve our engagement, Brielle. You’ve lost your

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

had changed so

wanted to destroy someone so badly, all because of that detestable male escort. If he ever found that gigolo,

from Lillian’s

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

ocean.

has been promiscuous and yet refusing to

the shocked

as the obedient daughter. The Dorseys probably wouldn’t hear about this shameful affair right away, as no one present would want to spread such disgraceful news. Except

had

made her feel. 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 talking

took action.