Chapter 63

The young man paused and slowly adjusted his camera lens. The camera settled on Brielle’s face, and the chat erupted once again.

“Yep, that’s Brielle. Man, you gotta ask her what she’s doing at the gala.”

“Could she have been, you know, taken under the wing by someone influential? There were always whispers about her being a bit of a wild card.”

“I’ve always been curious, where do all these rumors come from? I was in class with Brielle, and she always kept to herself.”

“Must be someone close to her spreading the gossip. I remember some forum posts about her supposedly being harsh to her sister, or was it a foster child? Anyway, she’s crafty.”

The

young man frowned slightly at the relentless stream of comments.

Anyone who graduated from Beaconsfield College in the last couple of years would recognize Brielle, but Brielle was so discreet, turning down all extracurriculars, that her classmates hardly ever saw her.

looks were too striking, voted the belle of the campus on her first day, but soon after she vanished, only to be seen occasionally in

luxury cars surfacing and forum insiders spilling an abundance of details, making it

of Hartley Group is

about?”

see if there’s

choice but to inch

CEO of Hartley Group, Flynn, who had approached her first. He was the epitome

reveal, figured everyone knew about Max’s rumored indifference

from the final lot, Salvator Mundi, to the works

Jacques-Louis David.

a romantic at heart. He believed in the nobility of

gaze, instantly finding a way

philosophical edge.

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Take Taleb’s

from personal interests to business, toasting Flynn with a

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