Master of his heart

Chapter 522

Aubree sensed Brielle’s distraction and knew she had been browsing the news. She silently cursed herself for being a blabbermouth; before this call, Brielle was likely oblivious to the online buzz.

“Bri, don’t tell me you’re taking those trolls seriously? What do they know? They’re just flapping their gums. Forget about them. Christmas is just around the corner. How about we go out and do some holiday shopping to clear your mind?”

Christmas was only two days away.

Brielle was already downcast from having witnessed Max’s injury, and the online news only fueled her anger. The masterminds behind this could only be Tessa or Alivia.

Tessa and Alivia had been echoing each other at the hotel last night, clearly in cahoots. But Alivia was always poking at Tessa’s tender spots, obviously using her as a pawn. With a personality like Tessa’s, her arrogance was nothing more than a veil for fear–fear of not measuring up, which drove her to trample over others. Alivia knew this all too well, making it easy to stir Tessa’s hatred. This was most likely Tessa’s doing, as Alivia excelled at sitting back and enjoying the show.

Brielle was growing weary of these amateurish schemes. She had a plan in mind but needed to exchange a few more words with Aubree first. “Nah, Aubree, are you spending Christmas with the Clements family?”

and there was a long silence before she spoke. “It’s likely I won’t be going back. They’d probably prefer I stay as far away from Beaconsfield and Andrew as possible. If I showed up for Christmas, the Clements household would turn into a

warmth there.”

a young age, she’d endured the scorn of the house staff, who took every chance to humiliate her when

child who grew up in the shadow of shame, clung to Andrew for the only warmth she knew. Even though Andrew had become a complete jerk,

because she had never truly escaped those days of humiliation. No matter how tough she acted, she could feel the

and it was unclear who hung up

with the Rowland family’s timing. She grabbed her phone and called Mason. “Has the Rowland

“Are you talking about the Rowlands in Beaconsfield? They’ve been