Master of his heart

Chapter 320

Chapter 320

Aubree thought she’d misheard, and was frozen for a few seconds before slowly saying, “Are you sure?”

Brielle, oblivious to her friend’s tone, nodded affirmatively. “Yeah, just heard it at the office, and now I’ve packed up at home. Sorry, Aubree, it looks like I can’t celebrate my birthday with you, after all.”

Aubree, holding a glass of wine, pondered for a moment and gently set it down. “No biggie. Tell me, what do you want for your birthday? If not a mansion, how about an emerald? Andrew mentioned that Infinity Brilliance discovered this incredibly rare emerald, roughly valued at seven million. Infinity Brilliance is looking for a buyer, and I bet Andrew is thinking of getting it for Tessa. How about I get it for you with Andrew’s money?”

Seven million? Aubree had always been generous, but she’d never splurged quite like this.

“Aubree, you don’t have to. It’s way too much.”

There was silence on the other end before Aubree muttered, “If you’re going to the Radiant Light Church, could you could you pray for me or something? Just, you know, to keep me and Andrew together forever, and to never part. Even just to annoy him would be fine.”

Brielle could only guess at the pain behind Aubree’s words, but she agreed, nonetheless.

Brielle’s doorbell rang. It was the doorman. “Ms. Brielle, this was left for you.”

to the last unsettling delivery

she received flowers, then fingers, what

must accept it. The person who sent

despite the macabre gesture of fingers. “Alright, thank

opened the box. Inside was

The note read:

Haywood family discarded Julian’s remains. These are his ashes, Brielle. You must need them,

Julian’s

relative, had no legal claim over it. She had hoped for a shred of decency from them, for a proper send–off, but it seemed the Haywoods could

welled up in Brielle’s eyes. Besides the urn and

disposed of Julian, just to strike at her. She had thought they

her gaze, holding the urn close, and feeling truly grateful

person.

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