Chapter 240

“Darn, are you serious?” Carlisle asked as he stared in disbelief,

He had realized that the elderly woman was stubborn, but the extent of her obstinacy was unexpected.

He couldn’t help but wonder if she really would go to such lengths

ver their altercation.

Meanwhile, Wanda inquired quietly, “Is there another place we can disembark?”

The boatman shook his head,

*This is the only entrance and exit!”

Wanda’s face tightened with worry as she weighed their options.

Her mind raced to the possibility of arranging for an escape via helicopter through Shein, but she quickly dismissed the thought.

The repercussions of Shein discovering their date were too severe, especially for Carlisle.

She then contemplated reaching out to Lethan and Shania. She pulled out her phone and hovered over

Lethan’s contact.

Seeing her actions, Carlisle gently took her hand.

you doing?”

Lethan for help,”

no need to involve him. I can handle this,”

are you going

in that world, too,” he said

not supposed to hang out with those people!”

menacing thugs she had seen at the ice rink a few days earlier and

while holding her

won’t be

with Heath’s underworld connections was not a

self–protection and nothing

to set, casting a rosy glow over the river that bathed everything in warm light.

eyes were fixed on the twilight beauty of the

horizon.

of a

Chapter 240

Carlisle led Wanda up the stairs onto the

trailed behind them, capturing moments

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lively. With a wide asphalt road lined with vendors selling treats like cotton candy,

the trees. They were already lit even

want some cotton candy.”

eyes landed on the colorful cotton candy.

outing with her mother, who had refused to buy her cotton

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