Chapter 58

Brielle trailed behind him quietly, a sense of surreal disbelief clinging to her. The auction was only a couple of hours away, and she was sure Max would be looking for her soon.

“Mr. Lynch, I came here with a colleague, and I should probably get back to him. If you’re short of a date, how about we touch base at the entrance of the auction?” she suggested, convinced Max wouldn’t need her as his so-called date.

Ever since Dustin hung up the phone, a frown had taken residence between his brows. “Call your colleague. Tonight you’re with me,” he commanded.

Swallowing nervously, Brielle realized she didn’t have Max’s number.

Dustin raised an eyebrow and chuckled lightly. “Colleague? Are you really an employee of Dorsey International?”

“Yes,” she replied, her voice barely above a whisper.

Dustin nodded and, without hesitation, whipped out his phone, calling Andrew. “Tell Mr. Dorsey I’m borrowing one of his employees for the evening.”

After delivering the message, he turned to Brielle. “What’s your name?”

by his assertiveness, she struggled to maintain her composure. “Lucinda,”

Dustin relayed to Andrew, “Her name’s Lucinda. She’ll be my for tonight. Tell

date

end of the line, Andrew stared at his disconnected call, racking his brain

No recollection..

so this ‘Lucinda’ must be exceptional. But

at Max, who sat with his eyes closed, “Dustin just called. He wants to borrow one of your employees for

fluttered as he slowly opened

harbor such a temptress that Dustin personally calls to request her

his eyes before settling back into an inscrutable smile.

looked up and instructed Patrick with a casual command. “We won’t be heading back to the

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as they were originally set to pick up Ms.

a tense silence. Andrew sensed a shift in Max’s demeanor ever since that phone call – a chilling coldness now laced with a hint of frost in his gaze. “Max, didn’t you bring Brielle along? Where is

fingers

flies into someone else’s cage, dazzled by the glitz, she might never find

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