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 in the front

sliver of resentment flashed in Judith’s eyes. Once she had completely won over lan, she would

wedding invitation to Maja, making her witness their happy

it made her lips

conversation with her. Instead, he simply revved

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

downtown.

a shady place, rumored to have been the setting for a vicious brawl a year ago that ended with several fatalities.

the most reputable establishment, but it was popular among the lower–class crowd, the unemployed riffraff of Greenfield, and

frequented by blue–collar workers who found solace

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had never been there before, he had heard of the place.

a stop by the curb outside the bar, the unusual sight drew a few

saw it was just a man

out after lan seemed to pique

place. She was the heiress of the Sanders family and

smell of the place made her instinctively lean closer to lan

mind her, and he just started

disappointed. She merely raised her

entered, 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 lower class lived.

spoon in her mouth, had never witnessed such

to vomit and tried to keep up with

came to a stop in

That was Pearson.

to get

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