When I finally came back to my senses, I realized that everything was just as Ashton had said—there was no small fry in the Hall family.

Nathaniel disregarded Armond, who was still on the floor, and wore a smile as he turned toward us. “Let’s head over to our next stop.”

He walked past Armond and headed toward the door casually as if nothing had happened. His indifferent behavior unsettled me.

Ashton looked at Nathaniel’s back quietly before he took my hand in his and followed after his brother.

Crash!

“You’ll regret this, Nathaniel Hall!”

A loud noise of shattering glasses reached my ears right after we went out of the room. I jumped at the noise and looked back at the mechanical door nervously as a bad feeling ate me up from the inside.

“Don’t worry, Scarlett.” Nathaniel’s voice pulled me back to reality. He still had that calm and reliable look on his face. “He’s just a nobody. I’ll take care of him,” he assured.

elevator door opened, Nathaniel led the way and went out. I caught a glimpse of his gaze as he walked out, and a wave of suspicion crept into my

was refusing to move, he patted me gently on my back. “Don’t worry, Nathaniel

man waiting for us outside the elevator. This was the first time I felt so unsure ever since I set foot on

to us? Will our children be safe? We’re surrounded by the Halls, and Armond is after us. Will everything

me to step out.

genuine and honest, and he looked so too. If I had not seen with my own eyes

He was asking me to get my act

face. “Of course. You’re the only person we can

out with Ashton holding my hand. We continued our visit looking

to be distracted. We took a cursory look at the facilities and had some casual exchanges

the children, so Ashton and I headed back to the castle the moment

we arrived at the nursery, we heard

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