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Thalia’s irritation vanished instantly, replaced by a bright smile as her expression transformed with remarkable speed. “Asher, you’re here!”

Asher’s eyes narrowed slightly. “Did you just mention Drake?”

Thalia didn’t conceal anything, answering honestly: “Drake was just knocking at my door.”

Only then did Asher notice the breakfast bag by the wall. He lowered his gaze, his voice carefully neutral: “Bringing you breakfast?”

“Yes. Heaven knows what’s got into him at this ungodly hour. I was sleeping perfectly well until he woke me with his infernal knocking.”

The annoyance and irritation in Thalia’s eyes were unmistakable as she spoke.

Asher asked: “How did he know your exact floor and flat number?”

This question caught Thalia off guard.

Indeed, she had never told Drake her floor or flat number–how had he known?

Thalia replied with genuine confusion: “I honestly haven’t the faintest idea.”

Asher’s brow furrowed. “Don’t worry, Lia. I’ll get to the bottom of this. Now, shall we go inside?”

Thalia stepped aside to let Asher enter.

Once inside, Asher removed his grey cashmere coat and casually hung it on the wall hook.

Thalia bent down to retrieve a pair of men’s slippers, placing them at Asher’s feet.

As Asher changed his footwear, Thalia tried to appear nonchalant as she asked: “By the way, Asher, you suddenly mentioned an urgent matter to handle last night. What was it? Is everything sorted now?”

Asher paused momentarily before answering in a measured tone: “It concerned Vanessa.”

Seeing his straightforward response, Thalia’s anxious heart finally settled.

exhaled almost imperceptibly, her

wasn’t

him all along. Asher was nothing like Drake.

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Thalia continued. “Wasn’t she being held in detention?”

and replied: “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you earlier, Lia. I didn’t want to worry you. A month

Drake had told her the previous night.

that Asher had used the word

So she wasn’t actually

continuously. We eventually found her at a telecommunication fraud operation near the border of a country in Eastern Europe. She admitted herself

room. “Who took her?

I didn’t want to worry you.” Asher turned to face her, his expression serious. “The people who abducted her are rather formidable. My

night… whilst on my way to pick

widened in horror.

found her, we intended to discover who was behind all this, but before we could learn anything, she

silenced.”

was deeply shocked.

was guilty, and

wouldn’t result in immediate execution under current legal frameworks. Even in the

truth, Asher had withheld the most

end. Her father, who had been ill for some time, had also been eliminated by the mastermind, along with Gary (the man used as the murder weapon)

he had seen too many dark things; he could still process these

was different.

empathy. If she heard these details, she would be so distressed she

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be able

and Gary’s mother were innocent.

pulled Thalia into his embrace, resting his chin in

and relaxed. “Lia, so much has happened recently. I’ve been constantly on edge. Only when I’m with you can I

to be careful as well. I’m concerned these people might target you. I’ll assign two additional bodyguards for your protection. Promise me you’ll take them with you whenever you go out.”

her head buried against Asher’s chest, murmured a

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