Master of his heart

Chapter 428

He lit another cigarette, his lips trembling uncontrollably.

If Brielle were pregnant, then she’d surely tie the knot with Max, and if she married Max, then Spencer would lose his shot forever. They’d be a happy family of three, and his resentment, those deep–seated, soured affections, would just fester in some dingy corner, fermenting and rotting away.

Even when he and Brielle were engaged, she never talked about having kids. But with Max, she barely hit the sheets and–boom–bun in the oven.

Damn, Brielle. Damn it all!

Spencer punched the wall again, shaking with fury. He couldn’t quite place this feeling. He had not felt like this even when he was with Lillian.

It was as if his soul was about to leave his body.

After chain–smoking ten cigarettes, his clothes reeked of smoke, and the floor was littered with butts. Spencer rubbed his stinging eyes and finally opened the emergency exit.

They looked surprised to see him with his red–rimmed eyes. Spencer ignored

the cubicles.

Max’s office, he nearly tripped at the door. Max’s brow furrowed at the sight of Spencer. “If you don’t want to work,

his gaze blankly to Max. He had always looked up to Max, a towering mountain before all the Dorseys, visible to all but

guy like Max comes once in a century.” So, as a junior, Spencer had long given up on comparing himself to such a man.

entwined with this man, and perhaps

his heart was. He liked Brielle, really liked her, enough to endure her hostility and sneers. His clenched fist trembled at his side, lips quivering before he asked.

idea, so he simply looked away. nonchalantly, “Never thought about

ex–boyfriend. Having petty squabbles with a junior lacked dignity, but from a man’s standpoint, Max couldn’t let go. Besides, Spencer seemed unable to move on from Brielle, though clueless enough not to realize

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thought about it.” This meant that Brielle hadn’t told

Sydney would keep tight–lipped and not

dark resolve flickered in Spencer’s eyes. That child must never be born. It had to