The Bound Between Us

Chapter 1020

Anastasia suddenly couldn't wait to see Autumn get caught red-handed. She

wasn't some kind of saint-after everything Autumn had put her through, she'd love nothing more than to watch her get what she deserved. Autumn had brought this on herself; there was no blaming anyone else.

As for Autumn, Herman wasn't the least bit worried anything unexpected would happen. He went straight to the point and asked Dailey, "It's pretty late-what were you doing at The Grand Plaza Hotel?"

Anastasia's curiosity was instantly on high alert; she perked up, all ears. Clearly, something was going on with Dailey.

Dailey fumbled, "Boss, I was just... passing by."

Dailey couldn't lie to save his life-he didn't even bother to come up with a halfway decent excuse.

Who just happens to stroll by a hotel in the middle of the night? Was he really not staying there?

Dailey had his own place in Riverdale. Why would he go to a hotel instead of going home?

Catching the mischievous look in Anastasia's eyes, Herman decided to play along and dug a little deeper.

"So you just happened to walk by the front door?" Herman asked, raising an eyebrow. "That's some timing."

sounded sheepish.

caught on. “Alright, I'll let you

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as he was about to hang up, Herman couldn't resist teasing,

his head. "Boss... I

to say more, but the words

call ended, Anastasia turned to Herman, eyes wide with curiosity. "Who's Sophia?

"Dailey broke Sophia's arm once, and she spent years hunting him down. Back then, just hearing her name was enough to send him

obvious. "So why isn't he hiding this time? He actually went to the hotel is something going on between

twitched with amusement. "Honestly, I'm curious myself why he'd go to the

To chase Dailey for years, she must

years on the team, the president didn't even get a paper cut," Herman

admiration. "What about you, Herman? Could you

sparred with her, so I honestly don't know." That made Anastasia even more interested in Sophia. If even Herman couldn't say for sure, Sophia's skills had to be

had always looked up to strong women. If she had one regret, it was that she'd

defense-she would've settled for

for a woman to have some skills out

can you introduce me to Sophia sometime?" Anastasia clung to Herman's arm, her voice soft and

never say no to her when

I'll ask her tomorrow. Maybe we can grab dinner together,