Master of his heart

Chapter 344

Chapter 344

Martha’s emotions surged again, and she threw back the covers, poised to leap out of bed. Max. held her firmly in place and pressed the call bell beside the bed.

The doctor hurried in with a sedative and administered a shot.

Max looked at his gaunt mother, his face betraying little emotion. Only after the sedative had taken effect did he turn to the doctor. “When do we start with the new medication?”

“In three days at the latest. For now, we have to rely on sedatives to keep her under control. When she gets agitated, she becomes aggressive and hostile to everything around her. This isn’t just a simple case of mental illness. Maybe we should try to find the root cause.”

What was the root cause? Max racked his brain. Martha’s moods had always been volatile, but what could be the trigger? The Dorsey family had skeletons in their closet, but which one was coming back to haunt them now?

He frowned, and his hand automatically moved to massage his temple.

The doctor gestured upstairs. “Max, you should get some rest, too. Dinner will be prepared downstairs later, and I’ll come up to get you.”

then glanced at

her desire, Max asked, “Are there other rooms.on the ground floor?” He didn’t even want

with suppressed emotion, and her hand clenched slowly,

her room, taking deep breaths to compose herself. She perched by the window, her

But if his heart lay elsewhere, it didn’t matter. As long as she tied him to her, there would be ample time to erase

the worst–case scenario. A scenario Alivia had never even considered. In her mind, Max was incapable

visit Martha, she’d heard stories about Max’s childhood, how he rarely smiled, how he might have starved in the attic had no one brought him breakfast. Once, due to a servant’s negligence, Max went without food for two days and lost a significant amount of weight. Martha had thought her son was

her comprehension. What kind of child didn’t cry out

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man who could be so indifferent to himself,

how could he let someone else leave such a mark?

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