Master of his heart (Max and Brielle) novel Chapter 1208

But when you get right down to it, who’s really to blame for all of this?

Brielle gave Max a love that was equal, a commitment so deep they’d face death together. But with King, she was often as cold as ice.

“Little Eagle, don’t sweat the royal family and the Lynch family’s relationship,” Dustin reassured her. “The Lynch family didn’t climb the ladder by hanging onto the royal family’s coattails. As long as we control the diamond mines, the royals will have to find another way. Right now, it looks like they’ve got their eyes set on you.”

Dustin had a sharp sense for these things. He knew Arthur’s motives went beyond just wanting Brielle; it seemed like he was dead set on driving a wedge between her and King.

King wasn’t Max. When it came to Brielle, he could never keep his cool. And Arthur took full advantage, managing to push King out of North America with just one move.

But what was Arthur’s endgame in tearing them apart?

Dustin was still trying to figure it out when Brielle laid it all bare.

“Bro, there’s something seriously off about Arthur. He’s risking everything just to stir up trouble between King and me. It’s not just about turning public opinion. The royal family’s under fire from all over the world. If the investigation into that mountain doesn’t go well, they’ll need a scapegoat. Who do you think they’ll pin it on?”

Imprisoning geniuses from around the globe isn’t something a small-time family could pull off. World leaders aren’t idiots; they wouldn’t let the North American royals fool them so easily.

The Lynch family was the perfect patsy.

“Bro, what deal did you sign with Arthur?” Brielle asked.

Brielle took her meds and rested on the couch, recalling the words of a bespectacled woman who claimed to have photos of her and a boyfriend. But Brielle couldn’t remember having a boyfriend during her exchange program.

She quickly got a new phone and headed straight to school once she retrieved her SIM card, hoping to meet the woman at their supposed movie-watching spot. But after a long wait and still not knowing who this woman was or her role at the school, Brielle decided to dig through the school’s records.

Soon, she caught wind of a body found in the school’s river, setting off alarm bells in her head.

Following the crowd to the scene, she saw the authorities pulling the body from the water. From a distance, she couldn’t make out the face, but the clothes were unmistakable—it was the woman she’d spoken to, a new teacher at the school this year.

Standing amidst the chaos, with police collecting evidence and students buzzing around, Brielle felt a sinking certainty. Something crucial from her exchange program was being hidden from her. The sight of the body being pulled from the river only solidified her conviction that this was a turning point in her life, one that someone was willing to kill over.