Master of his heart

Chapter 153
Patrick couldn't help but chuckle to himself as he silently poured everyone some
steaming coffee and took a seat on the sidelines, waiting for Max's cue.
Max had skipped the office that morning, opting instead to hammer out three
meetings at the crack of dawn followed by a bout of paperwork. The decision
regarding the Book deal still needed a round-table with the senior executives.
The room was tense, with only the sumptuous aroma of shrimp and steak wafting
from the kitchen.
Aubree was the first to snap, feeling like she was being forced to watch a public
display of affection. She didn’t buy the idea of a future between those two, but at
least for the moment. Max wasn't just stringing Brielle along.
Aubree might have been a mess in her own love life, but she was surprisingly
lucid about others’. She'd seen through Spencer’s unreliability a long time ago
and had always advised. Brielle to break it off, but Brielle was tethered by the so—
called engagement, willingly playing the pawn for the Dorsey family.
Given such precedents, Aubree figured she should advise Brielle to play her
cards right with Max. After all, even the crumbs from Max's table could, furnish a
lifetime of splendor for an ordinary person.
However, she could tell Brielle was genuinely invested, albeit only a fraction. Not
much, yet not to be trampled upon.
So instead of intervening, Aubree stood up, yawning. “Looks like Mr. Dorsey will
escort Bri to the party. With you there, I can breathe easy. Bri, you're in good
hands.”
She arrived swiftly and departed just as quickly.
At the elevator, Aubree stared blankly at the changing numbers before mocking
herself, “Turns out, only Andrew is a real scumbag.”
Andrew had a person he loved, yet he shamelessly indulged in the affections of a
woman who adored him, and humiliated her when he was in a foul mood.
Max might not understand love, but he was willing to break his rules for a woman
he'd been intimate with, even if just once. That alone was enough to make
someone fall hard.
The difference was clear.
Back in the apartment, Brielle pushed the card back towards Max.
Max, with downcast eyes, gazed at his computer screen, “Is it so wrong to want
to give a canary a more splendid cage?” He had his own unique way of speaking
romance.
Brielle looked at the card but didn’t reach for it. A splendid, sturdy cage could trap
a canary forever, couldn't it?
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She was indeed drawn to Max but knew they came from different worlds. A bitter
taste spread through her heart. “A mansion worth over twenty million is enough,
Mr. Dorsey. You've been a most generous benefactor.”
“I have money,” he said, his tone indifferent, his brow furrowing as he puzzled
over the rejected. offer. It was the first time his money had been declined.
Brielle couldn't help but laugh at his reaction, “I know you're not short on cash,
Mr. Dorsey. But Andrew cut me that check out of respect for you. If I took your
card as well, it would seem rather greedy.”
She picked up a document from the table, “The restaurant Kenzo recommended
last time was great. Are you free tonight, Mr. Dorsey? My treat.”
“Free after ten.”
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Max looked up, his gaze colliding with hers. “That's an option, certainly more
sincere than a dinner invitation.”
Pervert.
Brielle’s face flushed, her heart racing. Conscious of Patrick's presence, she
couldn’t continue the banter and felt parched and flustered.
Patrick, ever tactful, seemed engrossed in his own thoughts, pretending not to
hear the flirtatious exchange..
Brielle, having veered the conversation off track, now had to steer it back, “Are
we heading to a meeting this afternoon?”
But Max, fixated on her face, didn’t reply.
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“Who hit you last night?” Max wasn't indifferent; he had simply noticed her off—
kilter emotions the previous evening. Now that she seemed better, he wanted to
know.
Was it someone from the Haywood family, or the Dorsey family?
Was she so easily bullied?