Chapter 108

Third Person POV

Amber lay quietly in Richard’s arms, the burden of her anger and sadness weighing on her as she

remained lost in her thoughts.

Richard had been by her side since, silently offering her comfort as he gently patted her back, a calming gesture meant to ease her pain. The room was utterly silent, and the only sound was the soft murmur of their breathing.

As the minutes ticked by, Richard watched Amber closely, his heart heavy with the awareness of how much pain she was going through. He had carried her to the room earlier after she had sat on the floor at the entrance for almost thirty minutes without saying a word. Even after he helped her into the room, she still didn’t say anything, and it had been almost an hour now since he last heard her say something to him.

Even though her tears had ceased, the haunted look in her eyes spoke volumes, and he could tell that she was still very much in anguish.

Just when Richard thought that she would end up falling asleep without saying a word, Amber stirred.

breaking the stillness of the room as she sat up abruptly.

Startled, he mirrored her movements, concern etched on his features as he reached out to touch her, his voice soft with worry. “Are you okay, Amber? Is there something wrong?”

Ignoring his initial question, Amber fixed him with a piercing gaze,

raves!

his face with

a raw intensity that made Richard’s breath catch in his throat. In a voice edged with a hint of

the silence with a question that left him reeling. “Can I trust

Richard?”

in confusion before answering, his voice tinged with surprise. “Trust me? Of course. You know you can trust

that?”

features as she leveled a penetrating stare at him. Without a preamble, she posed a question that sent a

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in the air, charged with an intensity that left Richard momentarily speechless, his mind reeling with the unexpected inquiry. He searched her face for any hint of what had prompted such

eyes bore into his. “Just answer the question, Richard. It’s important. Can

the gravity of her question. Taking a deep breath, he met her gaze head–on, his voice steady as he spoke. “No, Amber. I have never taken another person’s life. At least, not with

it yourself, have you had others do

to kill for me. I don’t understand where

Amber’s

steady and unwavering as she delivered her

find out that I married the same man twice, Richard. I need to be sure of who

by her response, Richard’s brows furrowed in confusion as he sought to understand the meaning behind her cryptic statement. “What do

me to that old building? Where you had a man tied up and beaten?”

his gaze to meet Amber’s once again, he responded, “I can’t claim to be a saint, Amber. I’ve hurt people before; I won’t deny it.

himself the best way he could. “In my world. sometimes you have to get your hands dirty. And I know that by dirty,

who cross me is by giving them beating, not taking

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