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No one knew what Yanis had said to Allison, but in the end, Allison decided not to leave with Stephanie.

When Stephanie heard Allison’s decision, she just nodded, “If you need me later, call me. I’ll come get you.”

Respecting her decision and being there for her was all Stephanie could do for Allison.

Allison nodded with a touch of emotion and hugged Stephanie tight. “Thanks, Stefi,”

Stephanie gave her shoulder a gentle pat.

“With you here, I’m not afraid of anything,” Allison said, her eyes shining. In that moment, she felt the warmth of Stephanie’s support and realized she had more than just Yanis.

Allison closed her eyes and took a deep breath. “There are some things I need to get back.”

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Stephanie’s eyes widened. Hearing Allison say that, she immediately knew whatever had happened between Allison and Yanis was way more serious than she’d thought. She couldn’t imagine what Allison had really gone through.

“Need any help?” Stephanie asked softly.

Allison shook her head. “No, I can do it myself.”

Those words revealed a newfound strength in Allison’s voice. She used to be the carefree girl when Yanis was around, but now she’d changed.

“Don’t push yourself too hard,” Stephanie said softly.

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Allison shook her head. “I’m not. With you by my side, I’m not scared.” She’d never really been afraid. The little arguments before hadn’t fazed her. But now it was different. People were after her.

Whether it was settling her father’s old scores or dealing with the pain she’d been through, she was ready to take care of it all.

They talked a little longer before Stephanie left.

Once alone, Allison took out her phone and dialed a number.

The call was answered almost instantly. “Ms. Pierce, what can I do for you?”

knew Lilith was the scheming mastermind who had set up the

didn’t matter if it was Sharon or Lilith behind it. Allison was ready to

the

in her eyes was gone, replaced by a cold, hard look. When

met. Yanis stood in the doorway, his face unreadable. Facing his piercing gaze, Allison realized he’d overheard

edge of the bed. The room felt heavy with tension. He turned her to

I won’t rely on you,” she said, her

but even with him

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a hard lesson the couldn’t always rely on others. She had to

mess with

ignored Allison’s words. Instead, he said coldly,

snapped, her voice sharper

had smoothed over every problem that came her way. Every time something went wrong, he’d step in and 6x–only for more trouble to

said, her eyes steady. She was tired of letting Yanis clear the way for her. She wanted

conrd.

grip tightened “Why do you need to do it

firmly. “Because this time, it’s going to be a lot tougher,”

wasn’t like the other provocations or threats. It involved Sharon’s niece.

set on handling it herself. She needed to show she could be tough- way to finally push back against all the

straight to the airport by

asked if she wanted something to eat, but Stephanie just shook her head. Her appetite had been

Sebastian said. “Want

neuled closer to him. “Not right now,” she murmured. Her

worry about her eating too much and upsetting her stomach, but now he was more worried about her not eating at

just as Stephanie was being hugged by Sebastian. “I got the meds,” he said. There was so much traffic today.

two packs of medicine to the

waiter nodded politely. “Alright.”

and took a long drink from the water bottle he was

run part of the way,

they

half the water, Macro glanced at Sebastian. “Why are you staring at me like that?” He found Sebastian’s gaze

his expression serious. “The project at the Moalee Desert

handle it.”

face froze, then twisted in confusion. “Why bring it up again? It has been a joke before, but

on? he wondered.

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