More Than A Favor

Chapter 146

I left home that same night. Ashton wasn’t around–his windows were pitch black.

When Miles called me, I was already on the train.

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I had chosen to take the train instead of flying. While the ride would take two extra hours, I preferred the feeling of traveling on solid ground. There was something soothing about the rhythmic hum of the train and the scenery unfolding outside the window.

“Your car is ready, Elaine. Where are you? I’ll send it over to you,” Miles said, his voice calm and reassuring, as always.

I glanced around the train car. Most of the other passengers were glued to their phones, absorbed in their own little worlds. “Just leave it with the mechanic. I’ll pick it up myself.”

There was a brief silence on the other end before Miles spoke again. “I know where it is.”

The Mercers always sent their cars to the same mechanic, so I wasn’t surprised he knew. “Mr. Drake said your car had been tampered with,” Miles added, his words making me pause. Guilt prickled at me. After all, I was the one who had instructed the mechanics to sabotage it. “Really?” I asked, feigning surprise.

“Has someone else driven your car, Elaine?” he asked, his concern evident.

I bit my lip, trying to think of an answer. It wasn’t just a question–it was Miles’s way of looking out for

me.

Before I could respond, he continued, “Whoever did it didn’t mean to harm you. It seems like they just wanted to cause some trouble. Thank goodness the car stopped working only after you got home. It would’ve been a bigger problem if it broke down elsewhere.”

gave me an

before Miles spoke again, his tone softer this

I said, keeping my answer short.

that I wasn’t in the mood to talk. “Be careful,” he said gently before hanging up. As the call ended, I sighed, leaning back in

of advice about “cutting out the unnecessary parts of life.” One of the things often mentioned was trimming down social

understood what they meant.

to keep up. Even so, I

a reply–she was always busy saving lives. Yet,

before: when she was working, she barely had time to glance at her phone, let

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they did, they’d eventually

the start, maybe it was better not to start at

tease Nora about being a hermit, but now I saw her

took the last train to Amaty, my destination being Palria, where Ashton’s sister lived.

go was impulsive, but it felt like the most direct way

him, but

without understanding who I was falling for. If love was going to happen, I wanted to be in control

arrived in Amaty, it was

was worried Mrs. Sutton would insist I stay if she saw me. Instead, I booked a hotel nearby and stayed there