Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 16

The words carried with them a sting of mockery, and even the glances that swept over her felt like the hissing of a venomous snake.

Max had only briefly embraced her before letting go, as if the momentary tenderness had never existed. Maybe Brielle had just seen it wrong.

The manager of Tequila Sunset approached with a deference that bordered on reverence, “Mr. Dorsey, Mr. Clements, your drinks have been delivered to the private booth, if your please.”

Andrew’s lips curled into a smirk, “Max, why not bring your little canary along?”

They were close to the entrance of Tequila Sunset, but the private booth they were headed to was a world apart from the crowd.

Tequila Sunset, though a glittering den of indulgence, had its hierarchies. People like Max and Andrew belonged to a more secluded building out back. Unlike the wild dance floor, the atmosphere there was refined, more suited for romantic escapades or plotting.

corporate conquests.

Brielle knew she shouldn’t go. She started to retreat but then caught sight of two men entering through the main door: Spencer and Cameron.

was Brielle’s older brother, but since Brielle had only joined the Haywood family at ten, their relationship was distant. And like Miranda, Cameron had shown a

that the Haywood family’s reins were in Cameron’s hands, every time he returned from a trip, he would bring Lillian

home, preferring his own villa and the company of his regular companions, but Brielle always suspected that his affections lay with Lillian, for she had once seen them

Lillian had charmed.

a step back, quickly turning her back to them, and buried herself in

embrace.

and his demeanor shifted to one of respect, “Uncle Max.” Anxiety tinged his face because Lillian had found herself in

nodded in acknowledgment and said, “Mr. Dorsey, I’ve long

brows knitting slightly, “Mr. Clements, I

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to see you here.

year abroad and had crossed swords with

show no mercy to his adversaries. Unlike Max’s cold aloofness, Andrew did everything with a

brutal, while

burns bright, and