Master of his heart

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The hatred was like lava, scalding Brielle’s heart until it trembled. She feared Cameron might take another drastic measure, but he merely gazed at her with profound intensity, barely clinging to his sanity.

“Lillian’s lost three fingers, Brielle. If you want Grandpa to live out his days in peace, you’ll tell Max to back off. Lillian should be out of the station by now. Three fingers should suffice to quench your grudge, right? If I don’t get your call by six tonight, I’ll pay Grandpa a visit.

With that, he followed the doctor who had entered, helping Miranda as they left.

The moment the hospital door shut, Aubree retched again, her face deathly pale. “Were those really Lillian’s fingers?”

Brielle leaned back against her pillow, her voice calm. “Yeah.”

This was Aubree’s first brush with such a scene, her stomach churning with acid, feeling as if her very teeth were souring. “Bri, Max couldn’t have done this, could he?”

“No, it wasn’t him.”

another side to him, but he’d

resentment towards Lillian? Her head throbbed with

away the food she’d brought, tossing it into the trash can. “Could it be someone. else from the Dorsey family trying

Ryan, but such an act served them no benefit. Besides, Ryan was still searching for

“I don’t know.”

the shock of those severed fingers still lingering in her mind. And now. with Cameron’s threat, should she really contact Max and

Julian was a Haywood through and through. The downfall of the Haywood family would surely affect him.

was torn, feeling as though something was drilling into her head.

good to you, you’ve been just as good to him as well. He’s the Haywood’s responsibility, not yours. They have no right to use him to manipulate you. Think about all the hurt they’ve inflicted on you. Can you really let it go

cutthroat circles of Beaconsfield, you had to let go

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rose.

to be shackled by the Haywoods‘ demands,

mind conjured Julian’s face, kind and benevolent, one of the most significant figures in

both had become leverage against her.