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?”

a pause. Then, realizing he couldn’t hide it any longer, Lone Ranger confessed how the Powell family heir, operating under the alias Claude Lowell, had

full story, his expression

been so careful with her

someone under her protection, she became their fiercest guardian. Anyone who dared

a quiet stop by the window, her eyes drifting into the expanse of the night sky. Her thoughts wandered like leaves on

turned slightly, just enough to catch a familiar silhouette out of the corner of her eye. The hard edge in her expression softened immediately. A gentle smile

work?”


𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺

his. His arm slid around her waist with effortless ease,

her skin—warm, subtle, electrifying. A shiver coursed

to Lyhaton?” she

affection. His eyes, dark and steady, lingered on her face as if memorizing every line. “Eager to go

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