“Okay,” I replied without much hesitancy.

Marcus, who had been silent all this time, also expressed his sentiment. “I’ll go too.”

I paused and turned to Joseph to seek his opinion.

Apparently, it was no issue as Joseph slightly nodded his head, so all of us bundled in and left together.

We saw the sirens roar pass when we turned at the intersection. I guess the police must have been alerted by some passers-by.

…..

Joseph led Marcus and I to an old mansion that appeared to boast a real sense of history behind it.

Anyone with some understanding of real estate would know that the value of heritage sites could not be measured in its modern monetary worth. Only the cream of the crop would be able to reside in places like that.

Inside the living room, Ashton and that Hall woman sat across from each other. The atmosphere appeared somber.

was fiddling with a tablet in another part of the room, deliberately incognizant to what was

were ushered to Ashton’s side. “They’re here, Mr. Fuller. Ran into some trouble with some people who tried to abduct

raised his head. His cold eyes swept past Marcus

much with that woman. I regarded her as briefly as I would

did

reacted to me as though she had just seen a ghost. Her eyes were peeled wide open, face white as a sheet.

with Alexander and Emery, this sort of response did not

I should not still be existent

joy and sincere relief upon discovering

woman’s reaction, though, was reminiscent

it Rebecca or this wildly expressive socialite before me, I understood the insinuations

her whatsoever. But judging from the conversation I overheard and her physical resemblance to Ashton, I understood that they were family. Hence, I maintained a basic level

at her own chest in a dramatic mixture of astonishment, panic, and disbelief, as though

before she got her emotions in check and regarded Ashton calmly. “It’s just someone who looks like her. The real Scarlett’s

certain; she did not seem at

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