Master of his heart

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“Sure.” Max’s response was as nonchalant as ever, and he fell silent again.

Michael heeded Alivia’s advice and refrained from bringing up Brielle in Max’s presence, wanting to avoid any chance of Max showing her leniency due to her talents. With work to attend to, Michael didn’t plan on lingering.

Max was healing at a rate that would put any ordinary man to shame. An injury like his would’ve been a death sentence for most. Not only had he dodged a potentially fatal collision, but here he was, ready to check out of the hospital after just three days.

“Where’s my phone?” He directed the question at Michael, who had taken charge of the device. not wishing to disturb his recovery. But now that Max was up and about, there was no need to

withhold it.

“It’s in the lounge at the end of the hall.” As Michael’s words settled, Alivia pushed through the door from outside.

“Alivia, go fetch Max’s phone for him, will you?” Michael said.

Alivia had initially stored the phone away, so it made sense for her to retrieve it now.

of something crossed Alivia’s face as she nodded slowly and stepped out of the room. She glanced back inside the hospital room, where Max sat on the bed, his demeanor as icy as ever, unchanged from before the incident with Brielle.

what she saw, she pulled the phone from her bag. The phone had never made it to the lounge – it had been with her all along. Aubree had called nearly a hundred

through all the photo albums. Max was never one for pictures, so

all of his rules.

and completing her tasks, Alivia returned to the hospital room with the phone in hand. “Max, I’ve

phone, but he didn’t rush

want to be discharged?” Michael

I’m doing. There’s

feeling both pride and frustration toward his youngest son. He wished others would step up

his mind, there was no changing it. Michael arranged the discharge, and an hour later, Max was down at the

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and Max had no reason to stop her.

the Dorsey International lobby was a woman. With dark circles under her eyes, Aubree was nearly

these past days. She finally heard that Max was awake, but he hadn’t answered her calls or even

International with Alivia, Aubree wondered if Max was truly about to ditch Brielle. “Max! You jerk! You’re the worst! How could you even think about abandoning Brielle? Do you have any idea what Bri-”