Chapter 9

As Tarquin’s gaze lingered on Elysia, there was a flicker of unplaceable light in his eyes.

It wasn’t that she was excessively beautiful, but something about this woman stirred a sense of familiarity within him–a nagging feeling that he had seen her somewhere before. Yet, after scrutinizing her features, no recollection surfaced.

Maintaining a stoic expression, Tarquin strode over to the conference table and took his seat. He noticed Elysia staring him down with an intensity that bordered on hostility, and he furrowed his brow in response.

Her kid had wrecked his car, and here she was, not begging for forgiveness, but daring to look at him with such defiance.

The woman had guts just like her son, he’d give her that.

“Why did you let your kid trash my car?” Tarquin accused the moment he spoke, pinning the blame squarely on Elysia.

sia, fists clenched and shaking with emotion, frowned upon hearing his words. It seemed that he didn’t recognize her.

Was it that he hadn’t seen her clearly that night, or was he feigning ignorance?

Uncertain whether this man was the brute from before, Elysia held back from any action.

rash

she probed cautiously, “You…

am?”

“Nope.”

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“Not at all?”

“Should I?”

at a

was going

he claimed not to know her, and

lash out. After all, in a world of people with a

her nerves and focused on the immediate issue at hand, “If you don’t know me, why

boss already told you–because

believe it. “Is there some mistake? We’ve just arrived in Jindale City from out of town today. How

show her the surveillance footage,”

the events that had unfolded at the train station began to play on the large screen in the conference

recognized him instantly. She couldn’t explain how the tires had been destroyed, but the scratches on the car were indeed the work of

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