Chapter 229

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The color drained from Landon’s face. Before he knew it, Alyssa had pressed the butterfly knife

against his neck.

The butterfly knife was the most notorious of all weapons, as it was insidious and lethal. It

perched precariously on the end of one’s fingers, striking a perfect balance between style and

deadliness.

How cruel and heartless of a woman to fight him with a butterfly knife.

“Stop pestering me, Landon Harper.” She narrowed her eyes and gently slapped the reflective

blade against his cheek. “I would never pick you even if there were no men left in this world.”

“What if there were only me and Jasper in this world? Who would you pick?” he asked in a

shaking voice and a trembling heart. 1

She snickered. “Not you.”

His heart instantly shattered into pieces.

The door to her office opened at that moment.

“Lyse, what are you-” Jonah stood at the door in shock.

her butterfly knife. Putting on a bright

didn’t you tell

in her expression was impressive. She was almost

actress.

up rigidly and gave her a last look before

Jonah noticed how

his face. He knew that Alyssa was

Landon into such despair.

She happily wrapped her arms around his neck. “How

do you think?” He lifted her off the ground

younger. “It’s just a scrape on the

alright?”

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what Jonah had been involved in, he might have

occurred to anyone that the mild–tempered gentleman was once the leader of

in Cyrris. He once had influence over the other

Oceania, and even Florin.

the height of his career for some unknown

then, he wanted nothing to do with his previous

and self–discovery.

that Jonah had once been appointed

who had never killed, smoked, or taken

have harbored a dark and heavy secret beneath

between you and

“Putting aside how he gets along with others,

to put a knife on

ego, especially because he’s the

kept bothering me if I didn’t do

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