Master of his heart

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Victoria felt she’d said too much, even though she wasn’t quite sure what she was trying to communicate.

“Max is my brother, whether we’re close or not, and I don’t want him getting hurt.” With those words, she slipped into the hospital room.

Brielle stood there, overhearing Victoria instructing the doctor. “He’s been cooped up at home. drinking himself into oblivion. If I hadn’t found him today, he’d probably be dead. Please make sure there’s always a nurse watching over him while he’s admitted. I’ll take care of the expenses.”

Spencer’s parents had long left Beaconsfield, and the only one in the Dorsey family who might still have had some concern for him was probably Victoria.

Victoria had watched Spencer grow up; she knew about the night he spent on his knees in their ancestral home. That was why she had said those things to Brielle.

Victoria knew all too well the kind of tricks her father could play. If a man as proud as Everett could be broken, then Brielle stood no chance. Brielle and Max were never going to last, especially not with Michael yet to truly exert his influence. Once he did, Brielle would lose her dignity just as Everett had.

least she kept Everett by her side. That was where

understood love. What they felt was more like possession. Like now, Victoria couldn’t define her feelings for Everett. Was it love or something else? She simply couldn’t bear to let go and decided why not keep him close and torment each other? Victoria lowered her eyes, knowing that unless Brielle were completely unattached in this world, everything and everyone connected to her would

off his pedestal and turn him into a plaything she could manipulate and desecrate. The love she

was normal, including her brother, Max, who simply lacked emotional awareness and buried his

had always been that way. Back at the office, Brielle learned

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would stay with Aubree another night. Upon hearing she’d be with Aubree, Max didn’t press

As she inserted it

her slight spark

The room was refreshed, and the table was neatly laden

who Aubree was waiting for, but that

the doorknob before mumbling. “Caught in a sad scene again, huh?