Master of his heart

Chapter 452

Time and space seemed to slow to a hush.

Outside the window, starlight sprinkled down, and the night breeze threading through the office. seemed to move more gently.

Brielle was supremely uncomfortable. If she had known he would just stand there like some kind of guardian statue behind her when he entered the room, she wouldn’t have pretended not to notice him. Now, if she initiated a conversation, he would definitely realize she had been. intentionally ignoring him.

The sensation of ants crawling under her skin was unbearable, partly because he was her boyfriend and partly because he was her high–powered boss. Being silently scrutinized by him like this doubled the pressure.

What on earth did he want?

Brielle squirmed in her seat.

Max just watched her as she tapped out a string of gibberish, yet maintained an air of seriousness. He observed her fingers tremble as if she was about to give up. He sighed, approaching slowly, and leaned in to wrap his arms around her from behind.

“Brielle, what’s on your mind?”

area where Max wasn’t adept, it was

sharp nor accusatory, but like

looked up to see her computer screen filled with a chaotic mix of numbers and text. He had been watching

pursed her lips, realizing that all her pretense was futile in front of him; she couldn’t hide her

was uncertain about her thoughts and felt the need to guess. “I was thinking, it can’t be a TV show that’s got you upset. If it really is that, I could ask

his way of consoling was so dominantly CEO–like, and had many points of

find it amusing. The tears that had threatened to spill were now being pushed

Yet here, Max was willing to use one to placate a woman. If Kenzo knew, even

11:50

Max would be

to see Hay, she would be bes won over by now. But it was because of that child. The thought alone made every teaches, and even his tender breath felt like knives tormenting her

two people be so physically close, yet their souls drifted further

so he tilted his head and kissed her hul monog com to her earlobe. He forcefully turned her face towards him, kissing her nose, and finally her lips, the

intravas magnified a hundredfold,

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of stopping. When she tried to escape, he turned her car to face him

why are you ignoring

his years at the top.

to say it wasn’t because of him, but what if he persisted in probing?