Chapter 0321

August sighed, rubbing his forehead. “I get it. We couldn’t risk her accidentally exposing everything. You told her… everything?”

“Everything.”

“Well, shit,” August muttered under his breath. “What do we do now?”

“I’m not sure,” I admitted. “I trust her, so I don’t think there’s anything else to do.”

“You trust her?” August’s eyes narrowed. “Are you sure that’s a good idea?”

“Why shouldn’t I?” I countered. “Ella’s never given me a reason not to trust her.”

He shook his head, his expression skeptical. “We still don’t know where she gets her information.” Disdain tinged

his words.

“You don’t know,” I corrected. “Ella confessed to me. I understand it all now.”

August’s eyes widened slightly. “I see. So that’s why you wanted me to look into her background… to confirm whatever story she told you was true.‘

“)

“And it seems it is. So now she and

August

don’t like this arrangement,” I acknowledged, my gaze steady. “And I understand why. But, August, I need you to

know I trust your judgment,” he responded automatically. “If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have gone along with so much of this. I may

the things I respected most about August–he called me out when no one else

my voice firm. “I

I need,” he said tensely. “What about Sabrina? Have

else to talk about, we didn’t get to that topic. Whatever Ella found out about her… we need to stay on high

things are headed that way. She’s been very

I said thoughtfully. “If she’s in a desperate situation, she may think that

should we do?”

on her movements. If she has any contact with the media or comes to the capital, let

and without another

to him for the time being. He needed time to get

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seat and closed my

There was a time she left me for wasn’t

would have to tell Ella

she could really look past my identity, then surely

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