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?”
his head slightly, his face
the need to butter him
famous for his Five Forces
help steady the tablet, her fingertips brushing against his rosary bracelet. Suddenly, he
It even led Peter Drucker to introduce the
a name for himself on Wall Street by the age of sixteen. He
racing, her breathing quickening. He seemed at ease,
was casual as he held onto her delicate fingertips, just holding them, nothing more, nothing less. His presence
of hesitation, Brielle gently clamped down on his
the earth, every secret of the human body felt incredibly romantic and profound. Life was indeed a
that their encounter was nothing more than a
circumstance.
romance was the biting chill of
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