Alyssa widened her eyes, staring blankly at Jasper's attractive side profile. Tatiana fell silent on the other end of the line. She was sobbing quietly.

"What's wrong? One of you is staring at me. The other one went quiet." Grinning, he pinched Alyssa on her cheeks. "Is no one willing to trust me?"

"No, that's not it..." Tatiana said with gratitude, "Jasper, thank you so much for helping Sean. I'm really thankful."

"We're family. Don't mention it." Once Jasper soothed Tatiana's emotions, he hung up and instructed Xavier, "Make a turn. Let's head to the police station."

Xavier immediately made a U-turn.

"Jasper, what's your plan?" Worry was etched on Alyssa's face. On the contrary, he appeared calm.

"No matter what, let's focus on saving Sean for now." Sighing, Jasper locked his fingers with her and tightened his grip. "Taty and Sean went through a lot just to be together. I do not wish to see them going through a tough time anymore. I want to protect them from harm."

Alyssa held her breath and mused, "Are you empathizing with them now?"

her into a hug. "I used to

filthy detention center for two weeks. If the Schmidts refused to settle in private,

he would shoulder all the blame

with his back against the wall. He crossed his arms and shut his eyes. Across from him, a few men cowered in the corner and shot cautious glances at him

at them, Sean threatened, "Shut up, or I'll beat

men in detention promptly fell silent as they trembled under his threat. Seeing that, Sean let out a melancholic sigh. Life had been chaotic ever since his first night at the detention

his cellmates to rough him up, having no idea that Sean had a black belt in martial arts. Sean ended up beating

Schmidts arranged for him to stay with a few

as a test run. In the worst-case scenario where he was sent to jail, at least life wouldn't

the police force, the Schmidts had slickly got Sean detained at the West

showed up. He hurriedly called up Josh, "M-Mr. Schmidt,

promotion depends on your handling of the case.

you're hung up on Alyssa Taylor's secretary. You

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