Thalia walked past without acknowledging them, her face expressionless.

After she had gone, Laurina nudged Asher’s arm. “What a coincidence! Imagine running into your ex on the same flight.”

Asher lowered his eyes and remained silent.

“Oh, look at you with that brooding expression. You’re impossible,” Laurina teased.

Early the next morning, Thalia arrived at the golf course with the head partner.

She was dressed in a white sports outfit with her hair in a high ponytail, looking youthful and vibrant. Langdon Johnson’s eyes lit up the moment he saw her.

The head partner made the introductions: “This is Mr. Johnson from Caresol Group. Mr. Johnson, may I present Thalia Winters, a solicitor from our firm.”

Thalia smiled politely. “Pleased to meet you, Mr. Johnson.”

That gentle smile made Langdon Johnson’s heart flutter.

“I had no idea your law firm employed such young and beautiful solicitors,” he remarked with a broad smile.

Thalia smiled without responding, while the head partner chuckled appreciatively.

“Do you play golf regularly, Miss Winters?” Langdon Johnson asked.

Thalia shook her head. “I only know a little. I wouldn’t say I’m an enthusiast.”

Sensing an opportunity, Johnson’s smile widened. “That’s no problem at all. I’d be happy to teach you.”

“What’s everyone discussing that’s so amusing?”

A male voice interrupted their conversation.

Thalia froze.

Asher approached, accompanied by another man.

Johnson immediately adopted a deferential tone, all traces of his earlier flirtatiousness vanishing. “Mr. Blackwood, you’re here to play golf as well? We were just discussing hobbies with Miss Winters here. I got a bit carried away

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with the conversation. I hope we haven’t disturbed you?”

Thalia’s hands tensed at her sides as she raised her eyes to meet Asher’s gaze, addressing him with formal politeness: “Mr. Blackwood.”

The head partner rarely spent time at the firm and didn’t follow entertainment news. Though Laurina’s face seemed familiar to him, he was unaware of the rumored relationship between her and Asher, and had no idea that the CEO of Blackwood Industries standing before them was Thalia’s ex–boyfriend.

opportunities to interact with someone of Asher’s status, but he was adept at reading social cues. Seeing the respectful attitude the Caresol CEO showed this young man, he immediately understood that this elegant, dignified young gentleman must be someone of

followed suit with a respectful greeting: “Mr. Blackwood, a

gaze lingered on Thalia.

today, and with her high ponytail and sports outfit, she looked like a university student–beautiful and full of energy, impossible to

noting her long, fair legs beneath her

while in the company of these two older men–Asher

taking off his jacket to wrap around her waist and

considerable effort, Asher’s expression remained impassive as he responded with a curt “Mmm” and added, “Quite disruptive, actually.”

apologetically. “I’m terribly sorry, Mr.

said tersely

to accompany a friend who had just

friend, Alexander Wellington, had been instrumental in helping Asher swiftly secure the deal that had undermined Tom Malfoy’s project

of discovery. “Asher, unless I’m mistaken, wasn’t that your fiancée? Why did you two act as

each other?”

ago. He didn’t know Thalia personally, but several years earlier, he had seen her photograph at Asher’s villa in Russia.

Asher had told him that the woman in the

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congratulating his friend on finally winning the heart

“We’ve broken up.”

was going so

approached and handed Asher

her caught in the crossfire. Being

been seriously injured, forcing them to cancel the event.

been actively seeking revenge against the Blackwood

Malfoy make another move against her after that?”

Alexander about Tom’s assassination attempt and how Randolph had been

Britain, for

tracks well. The police couldn’t pin anything on him.”

dog

“I’m aware.”

shoulder. “Breaking up was the right decision, but what a shame for both of you–in love but unable to be

eyelashes, his heart stirring.

be together despite

No.

was only temporary.

resolved, he would definitely win Thalia

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Thalia. “Do you enjoy playing golf regularly, Miss Winters?”

polite distance as she replied: “I know a bit, but I

Thalia’s family background and assumed she was just an ordinary solicitor, dependent on a modest monthly income of

few thousand pounds was negligible–barely enough for a single

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