Master of his heart

Chapter 255

Chapter 255

Patrick thought he was hearing things. Just a minute ago, Max had been as nonchalant as ever. “I saw Ms. Brielle with red–rimmed eyes running out. She must have been crying.”

Max’s fingers froze around the spoon, his heart feeling like it had been pricked with a needle. He stared at the bowl of soup in front of him, wondering if Brielle had slipped something into it.

Had Ryan instructed her to do so, and she complied, all for Spencer’s sake? Would she do anything for Spencer? The realization made him distinctly uncomfortable, and his stomach clenched in response..

Catching the shift in Max’s expression, Patrick quietly excused himself and stepped out. After a moment’s hesitation, he dialed Brielle’s number.

Brielle hadn’t even gotten into her car yet; she was sitting on a bench just outside the hospital entrance. The ring of the phone elicited no immediate reaction from her. She just gazed blankly ahead.

She should’ve left immediately, but her mind was in turmoil, and she needed a moment to calm her thoughts.

body moved slowly, like a piece of rusted machinery, as she pulled out her phone and saw

to tell her to hand in

the call. If Max wanted her out of

back on the bench, her eyes half–closed. She couldn’t afford to stop now; stopping would

one she always carried, and sent a message to Ryan. [Spencer’s life for the life of Mark. Fair trade, right?]

and had his own people searching alongside the police. The message furrowed his brow, and he sent a quick reply. [Brielle?] Who else would care about that old man’s well–being

was exposed, but as long as she didn’t confess, Ryan

breath and ordered his bodyguard, “Bring her in, and check

nodded and hurriedly got

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