Master of his heart

Chapter 53

She didn’t think twice before hanging up the phone.

Minutes later, Robert called again. Brielle simply turned off her phone, unwilling to be disturbed on her business trip.

She grabbed her boarding pass and entered first class. Whether by Patrick’s design or pure happenstance, her seat was right next to Max’s. As the plane took off, Max was engrossed in a presentation video on his tablet.

He was quiet, his gaze intense and focused, a refreshing coolness about him that seemed

to soothe the soul.

Brielle, eyes closed, tried to calm her emotions, but thoughts of the Haywood family stirred

annoyance within her. When she finally opened her eyes and caught a glimpse of the content on the tablet, she couldn’t help but interject. “Michael Porter? Uncle Max, you’re into his talks too?”

slightly, his face holding a clean-cut sharpness.

the need to butter him up as she

at Harvard Business School, famous for his Five Forces framework,”

against his rosary bracelet. Suddenly, he withdrew his wrist

to focus on the presentation. “His framework is quite renowned. It even led Peter Drucker to introduce the concept into the field of corporate management for

financial circles. Max had made a name for himself on Wall Street by the age of sixteen. He had to be

palm sent her thoughts racing, her breathing quickening. He seemed

he held onto her delicate

moment of hesitation, Brielle gently clamped down on his

above the earth, every secret of the human body felt incredibly romantic and

she was well aware that their encounter was nothing more than

circumstance.

romance was the biting chill