Chapter 123

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Laura gazed out the window, lost in thought.

“Ms. Jones, Otis has contacted Colonel Bailey. She said she clarified things with Cameron, and he has already returned,” Peggy reported as she walked into the room.

“Okay, noted,” Laura replied.

Her voice was tinged with weariness.

“Ms. Jones, what’s wrong?”

Peggy immediately sensed something was off with Laura. Usually, Laura would be pleased to hear such news.

“Alan said he’s arriving in Yrando in a few days,” Laura revealed the reason behind her mood.

believed there was no

“Alan?”

lit

coming back from the

“Yes,” Laura nodded.

but

good news, miss?”

to see

conveyed a sense of distance

must be hurrying back from the warzone just to see you,” Peggy spoke highly

only a man with genuine masculine charm like Alan was worthy of Laura–unlike Cameron, who she thought was

Laura saw in him to make the journey from Leving to Yrando. And

surely wouldn’t have let Cameron off easily if he had known about this. After all, Alan wasn’t just competent. He was born into a military family. His grandfather was the deputy commander of the Leving military warzone, and Alan himself was a vice marshal there. In Leving, such social status was highly

Jones family head, Boris, had promised Laura’s hand in marriage to Alan. If the two families were united, the Jones family’s position in Leving could be solidified for

Century.

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