Annie's face scrunched up. "Wait, Asher? As in the Asher who built his own army overseas?"

"Yep, that's the one! Annie, you want to go after him? I can help you go

undercover."

Annie looked alarmed. "No way, I'm just a small-town cop. I've never had ambitions to go down in history."

Conner squeezed Annie's hand with a confident grin. "Doesn't matter. If you want to make history, I'll make sure it's written."

"You better not! Conner, you need to be the good guy here, or the engagement's off."

Conner frowned, "Come on, Annie, give me a break. Something a little easier?"

"Alright then, can you just be a decent person?"

Conner chuckled, "Of course."

As he spoke, he tried to pull her in for a hug and a kiss, but she swiftly opened the car door, "I'm heading home."

Conner pulled her back in and shut the door in one smooth move.

"Drive."

command and

Rayner's food

to a dimly lit neighborhood in the dead of

you're a cop; messing with you would

around, who'd dare lay a finger on you?" Conner said with a fierce edge, then added, "Well,

Annie: "......"

tried to make a break for it, Conner grabbed her and led her

few steps in, Annie

a late-night salon,

a little nail shop,

an alley, Conner called out to

of dumpling soup,

no see." Old

hesitated to guess.

"My fiancée, Annie."

in the mismatched stools like the ones Henry had, and the

sat down, "Annie, have a

Harry prepared the soup, he

kids

the

daughter. Guess

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