Chapter 1100

lan snagged a tissue from the box nearby, wiping the trace of blood from his mouth corner.

Thinking about Maja and Eric doing God knows what, far away from Greenfield, probably mocking him while they were at it, calling him a fool for being played by a woman, made his eyes water, and his fingers clenched the edge of the desk.

His phone buzzed, a call from Jeff claiming he had located Pearson’s exact whereabouts.

“Boss, are you coming with us?” Jeff asked.

lan needed to do something to keep himself busy. He rose from his chair without hesitation, only to be stopped by Judith tugging at his suit.

“I want to come too, and you did say you’ll consider me. Can I tag along? I promise I’ll keep my distance and not bother you.”

lan didn’t reply, merely yanking his suit out of her grip.

Judith smiled at his reaction and followed him out quietly.

Down in the underground parking, Judith had initially wanted to sit in the passenger seat but

reconsidered and took the backseat instead.

“lan, you

don’t have to worry. I won’t push you. I’ve said that I would wait for you, so I won’t do anything that puts you in a difficult position.”

used to sit

sliver of resentment flashed in Judith’s eyes. Once she had completely won

a wedding invitation to Maja, making her witness

thought of it made her

engage in conversation with her. Instead, he

had sent the exact location, and it was a bar on the

downtown.

place, rumored to have been the setting for a vicious brawl a year ago

lower–class crowd, the unemployed riffraff of Greenfield,

by blue–collar workers who found solace

Chapter

before, he had

outside the bar, the unusual

they saw it was just a man stepping out, the

stepping out after lan seemed to pique their interest

never been to such a seedy place. She was the heiress of the Sanders family and used to attending high society parties. Ordinary pubs

place made her instinctively lean closer

seem to mind her, and he

disappointed. She merely raised her eyebrows and followed

the smell of cheap perfume mixed with strong alcohol hit her nostrils, making her want to throw up. She never realized this was how the

her mouth, had

and tried to keep up with

in front

That was Pearson.

bragging about how he managed to get his hands on the money,

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