Facade of Love

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Chapter 245 Shadowed Steps

Sticking around?

I blinked, my brow furrowing in confusion. “You’re gonna camp out at the police station?”

He nodded again, his face a calm mask, but there was a shadow in his eyes as they slid away from me.

It only hit me later that I had switched into my pajamas before bed last night. I must have been tossing and turning all night because I could not find my jacket and all I had on was a tank top. With the morning rush, I had not bothered to straighten up, and one strap had made a break for it down my arm, leaving me pretty much half–dressed.

Looking kind of… exposed, I realized.

I yanked the covers up to my chin, my cheeks heating up. “You don’t need to bother, really. It’s just some routine investigation stuff, nothing major. You don’t have to go.”

His lips tightened, and he did not argue, just saying, “We’ll talk after breakfast.”

With that, he walked out of the bedroom, all business.

of the world? We had been married for two years. We had been through the whole ‘you may now kiss the bride‘ and then

had he turned into

a whole lot lighter. After freshening up and slipping into something less pajama–like, I headed downstairs.

untouched as if he was waiting for me. He

of a smile on his face. “It’s under control.”

a deep breath. With the year winding down, how could it not be busy?

eye and said, “I’ll head to the police station myself later. You should get back to your own stuff. I didn’t kill anyone, and there’s no way I’m going to end

no big

did not want him to waste his time and energy on my problems, and I definitely did not want to drag him down with me. “Idris, this is my battle,” I said, trying

His hand froze, milk glass halfway to his lips. He fixed his gaze on me. “Are you trying

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involved. The cops are keeping a lid on

reacting as

“Mr. Young, Madam Young’s coughing up blood.

Idris shot up from his chair, a storm of worry in his eyes. He gave

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