Master of his heart (Brielle and Max)

Chapter 20

With that, he turned on his heel and strode into the private room without a moment’s

hesitation.

Aubree stood still, her fingertips trembling slightly. A mix of affection and grievance ebbed and flowed within her, surging up and receding again, causing her an unbearable

discomfort.

She took out her phone and sent a message to Brielle, knowing she didn’t want to see her, and she left first.

After watching Andrew enter the private room, Brielle felt uneasy all over. Andrew acted as if he had completely forgotten the awkward moment just before, deftly snuffing out his cigarette in the ashtray, ignoring Brielle’s presence as if she were invisible.

Women, in his opinion, were like monsters. You could treat them like dogs, beat them until your hand ached, but in the end, they would still love you. He had always been the golden. boy, never giving much thought to the sort of affection that came running at a beckon.

To him, women could spend all day dreaming of love, but for men, it was all about those few peak seconds.

took out another cigarette and finally broached the topic of the evening. “Breaking into that foreign market is like gnawing on a tough bone. I’ve been circling for half a year to secure mining rights for three ore sites, and the rest

softly, leaning back in his chair and pushing a

predict how he might react. Fortunately, with Aubree gone, she had

between his teeth as if he was biting down on the jugular of an

I wouldn’t bother dealing with those savages who point guns at your head at the drop of a hat.

to their conversation, her thoughts

jewelry business, with the two most famous brands in the region under their banner. But with scarce mineral resources at home, and South Africa being rich in them, decades ago, some shrewd investors had bought up a

managed to procure a few

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with Andrew’s generation, the opposing company had resorted to gun-to-the-head tactics, trying to

would never allow him to submit, but the current leader of Infinity Brilliance was

calm, “Doesn’t the director of Infinity Brilliance, Mr. Lynch

weakness?”

wife were deeply in love,

to the old