Master of his heart

Chapter 286

Lillian sneered inwardly, her heart as cold as ice. She shut the door behind her with a soft click and turned to face her nemesis, Brielle, lying on the hospital bed.

Brielle’s face was flushed with fever, an IV needle piercing the back of her hand, pumping life–saving fluids into her bloodstream.

Fate, it seemed, was on Lillian’s side today.

A wicked grin flickered across Lillian’s face as she grabbed a pillow from the bedside and pressed it down hard over Brielle’s face. “You bitch! Go to hell!” Her knuckles whitened with the force she applied, every muscle in her arm straining.

Brielle didn’t even have time to utter a word; her breathing became more labored by the second. Her nightmare was turning into a horror show, the dark sky above seemed to drop an unreal shroud devoid of oxygen, and she was suffocating.

“Help,” she gasped in her mind.

twisted as she kept

second. Grinding her teeth in annoyance, Lillian quickly removed the pillow and tossed it aside. Brielle’s cellphone lay on the bedsheet, unguarded. Lillian snatched it up and, using Brielle’s fingerprint, unlocked the

with various medications. She gave Lillian a suspicious glance. “Are you here to see Ms. Brielle? May I ask who you are?”

she let her guard down. No sooner

just wanted to check

demeanor didn’t give away anything out of the ordinary, so she just shook her head. “Just a bad tase of

asked me to come by and check on her, glad to hear she’s doing well.”

at the door, she couldn’t help but suspect they were

face, and her defenses dropped, her lips curving into a smile. “You’re here on Max’s behalf? He’s not only handsome and wealthy, but he’s also so attentive to his girlfriend. Ms. Brielle is really lucky. They must’ve had a row. Max couldn’t