Chapter 1738:

“Can you be serious for once?” Leif sighed, clearly exasperated. “I’m not joking.”

“I know,” Corrine said before hanging up.

Leif stared at his phone for a long moment, brows furrowed.

Then, with a sinking feeling, he dialed Lone Ranger. “Has Corrine ever asked you to look into the Powell family?” he asked directly.

“The Powell family from the Independent Continent?” Lone Ranger asked cautiously.

“Yes!” Leif exclaimed. He knew Corrine too well. She never asked too many questions unless something—or someone—was involved. “Tell me the truth. Has something already happened between them?”

it any longer, Lone Ranger confessed how the Powell family heir, operating under the alias Claude

full

had been so careful with her

understood one thing: once she considered someone under her protection, she became their fiercest guardian. Anyone who dared to hurt them would have to answer to

back into the room. She came to a quiet stop by the window, her eyes drifting into the

silhouette out of the corner of her eye. The hard edge in her expression

with work?”


𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺

arm slid around

skin—warm, subtle, electrifying. A shiver coursed through her, sharp and sweet, like a sudden gust of

we heading back to Lyhaton?” she asked,

looked at her with quiet affection. His eyes, dark and steady,

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