Chapter 0249

Dawn broke over Ol’ Mare, casting a soft glow on the quiet Belmont Hills neighborhood where the Chesire family lived.

*Amber, Alex, are you serious?!” In the Chesire’s living room, Susanne, who had just dropped little Olivia off at preschool, listened in horror to Amber’s harrowing tale of her abduction. Her face went as white as a sheet.

“They didn’t hurt you, did they? Oh, my poor baby!” She wept uncontrollably.

“I’m fine, all thanks to Alex.”

Patrick, a cigarette dangling from his fingers, tried to steady his shaky voice. “Amber, you’ve got to be more careful from now on. We need to beef up security. If it hadn’t been for Alex… Well…

Amber glanced at Alexander, biting her lip, her face awash with guilt.

After her last frightening experience, she had been vigilant about her safety. She blamed her own stubborn

streak for not telling Alex and sneaking off with Acela to Lackspur County.

If only she had notified Alex, maybe none of that would have happened. The Ellis family, the Hart family…

Those people were the worst!

“Alex.”

Was that jet last night your old squad?

“Absolutely!”

left the military, they didn’t hesitate to lend a hand. We owe them big time. We should take them

lip, her voice barely above a whisper. “Alex, back on the boat, I thought I heard your fellow soldiers shouting something. They were shouting something about

a smile. “Only the Temple Lord can order the legion’s war machines into action. I racked up quite a few commendations in

sending them for

a beat, he shifted gears, his tone turning serious. “Amber, we’re stepping up your security detail starting now. I’m putting

Amber murmured in agreement.

was George’s right-hand man, tough as they come, and the head honcho of New Chesire Group’s security force. He answered only to

on the job, unless they ran into a martial arts master

in safe hands.

family… They’re that powerful family from up north, aren’t

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products could push into the northern

Amber’s got the home market under control, and everything’s ticking along nicely.

out any plans for expanding up north, but Alexander gently broke the silence. “I’m open to exploring overseas, and dipping our toes

“That settles it, then!”

but were then healed, was itching to travel. He booked an international flight on the spot

where we came

and maybe set

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