Masked In Nobility: Secrets Of Mrs. Chavez by Selina Gorges

After Jeremiah left, Andrew had initially planned to ask the girl he was hitting it off with to grab a drink, chat a bit, and maybe… Yet at the crucial moment, Jeremiah called, demanding that he meet him in the back alley of the bar in three minutes.

“The back alley of the bar? What’s doing there?’ Regardless, Andrew didn’t waste any time. He hurriedly sent the girl off, barely managing to throw on his jacket before rushing over, wondering if there was an emergency

But when he arrived, he found Jeremiah there, totally still, smiling at a cigarette butt on the ground. Jeremiah was actually smiling? Andrew rubbed his eyes, thinking he must be seeing things, only to see that Jeremiah was indeed smiling.

Andrew was shocked. He had grown up with Jeremiah, and he could count on one hand the times he had seen Jeremiah laugh. Jeremiah had always been cold. Getting him to chuckle was like pulling teeth. After all, no one would be silly enough to ask Jeremiah-the heir of the Chambers family, the youngest major general in the country-to smile for him.

‘What’s going on? Why’s Jeremiah chuckling at a cigarette butt? This is more unsettling than being in the dark alley. Should I run away now? Uh, seems too late for that…’ Andrew sighed.

“Get over here,” Jeremiah ordered.

“Alright, I’m coming!” Andrew replied. ‘Great! This is classic Jeremiah-still as cold and terse as ever, insisting on using fewer words than necessary.

Andrew scurried over to Jeremiah while stealing a few glances. Oddly enough, he felt like Jeremiah was in a good mood. It made Andrew itch with what had happened in the last half hour, but he didn’t dare ask, worried about unaffordable consequences.

Jeremiah slowly shifted his gaze away from the cigarette butt, his tone tinged with annoyance. “Get the surveillance footage from the bar’s back alley for the past hour. Back it up and send it to the current mayor, Wyatt Langford.”

Andrew had thought Jeremiah changed moods way too fast. But after seeing the video footage, he understood why and felt furious at those lowlifes. Still, now his focus was all on the conversation at hand.

“Wyatt Langford? David Langford’s second son? The one sent to Seacrity to polish his reputation? Wow, he’s made it to mayor now?” Andrew was taken aback. A forty-year-old mayor had endless potential.

“No wonder David stepped down early. He was setting his favorite son up for a bright future. What a good dad!” Andrew felt a wave of envy. Living off his dad’s success was impossible for him. His dad cared only about discipline and barely acknowledged Andrew’s existence.

I want results

No matter how hard Jeremiah pushes me, I still treat him with affection!’ He never

*****

was fast asleep. Only Lucas

written all over his face. “Ms. Zeller, is

raised an eyebrow. The fierce energy she’d had earlier had faded. She appreciated Lucas’s concern and replied politely, “It’s nothing. I was the

of relief as he thought to himself,

Lucas’s disbelief, Yvette didn’t want to argue. Anyway, she had told

and figured he was too

command, ready to deliver a message. “Mr. and Mrs. Chambers have planned your welcome home party and Ms. Winona Chambers’ apprenticeship ceremony both for the 5th of next month. If you’d rather not have

want.” Yvette didn’t care about any

rest. I’ll take you

her drunkenness, Yvette ended up having a pretty good

*****

morning, Seacrity was buzzing with two major stories. First, the deputy chief of the Seacrity police station, Henry Zimmerman, was fired after reports of his corrupt activities surfaced. And the second was about what happened last night-a big deal that

young lady so badly it drove her to despair. They even disrespected her

go to hell! Anything less isn’t enough for those jerks. It’s just

close eye on my granddaughter and make sure she knows to steer clear

a group of guys started stripping, laughing and acting ridiculous. They even went so far as to engage in lewd behavior, leaving passersby in shock and

online. Eventually, the police showed up and took the men away, but the chaos didn’t end there. Less than

video, the men openly discussed their vile acts-how they had drugged a girl and even made threats about her grandmother. They also revealed that there were more victims, and they had filmed their shameful actions to intimidate