Never See You Again

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Chapter 421

“But it’s not too late now,” Zion said with his eyes brimming with gentle affection.

To the outside world, Zion cut a malicious and fearsome figure. He struck dread into everyone who crossed his path

But to Maeve, Zion was always a quiet, occasionally mischievous, and unconventional man. This side of him was endearing and far from frightening.

“Wait here for a moment,” Zion said before heading downstairs.

He returned soon after with a plate of dessert–a cake with cherry jam filling The sight of someone as serious as Zion making a heart–shaped dessert warmed Maeve’s heart. “Try it,” he encouraged.

Maeve took a small bite. The cake had a sweet and tangy cherry flavor, with the sourness enhancing the lingering sweetness.

calling as

used to be a chel.”

remember you mentioning you were

“That’s right.”

your past?” Maeve’s eyes sparkled with curiosity.

“Sure,” Zion agreed.

ears, Though she had heard many stories about Zion from Charlie and Lara, bearing it from Zion himself

abroad, and why, despite being the heir to the

long occupied Marve’s

Zion’s thoughts began drifting far back.

According to Zion, from as early as he could remember, his mother, Amanda Miller, had insted in him a desire for revenge against the entire Spencer family, whom she blamed for her

but as time went on, she turned to alcohol, then smoking, and finally, drugs.

a wandering orphan

dwindling lineage, wouldn’t typically seek an heir from such places.

Normans ran a vast underground empire that required tasks their own scions couldn’t handle. Thus, they