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.

went out. I caught a glimpse of his

gently on my back. “Don’t worry, Nathaniel will make sure everything is okay,”

Ashton’s determined gaze before I looked at the enigmatic man waiting for us outside the elevator. This was the first time I felt

children be safe? We’re surrounded

step out. “Both of you can trust

not seen with my own eyes how he took Armond down single-handedly, I would have been deceived by

me to get my act together so Nathaniel would

my face. “Of course. You’re the

at each other, and I went out with Ashton holding my hand.

the morning, everyone seemed to be distracted. We took a cursory look at the facilities and had some casual exchanges before finding any excuse to

and I headed back to the castle

we arrived at the nursery,

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