"Can I join you?" Jasper asked, his demeanor warm and friendly.

Nicholas replied simply, "Sure." Jasper gracefully sat opposite him, arriving alone with no backup.

A palpable tension hung in the air even before a word was spoken.

"Mr. Beckett," Nicholas began, "a man of your stature wouldn't be drinking coffee in a place like this." Nicholas then took a deep drag of his cigarette.

His eyes were grim.

"So, this isn't a coincidence.

You've been following me." "It's not what you think," Jasper countered.

A slight twitch of Jasper's lips accompanied his sincere gaze.

"My wife told me everything that happened at the nursing home.

She knew you'd be here if I couldn't find you at home.

After all, both of us prioritize our wives.

We might take detours, but we always end up in the same place, don't we?" An intelligent man would never directly communicate what he meant.

Nicholas continued to smoke.

and Ms. Alyssa married?" Jasper blinked and said, "Not yet." "Then, addressing Ms. Alyssa as your wife is merely a

Our situations are different.

subtly, but his

Lovelace was suddenly arrested,

force don't just do

Justice will always prevail.

deserves." Jasper

you think is

would I know?" Nicholas dismissed him coldly, but a tremor ran through the hand holding

and Jameson

of Lovelace Group and a Belbanks bigwig, helped Jameson distribute illegal drugs, amassing a fortune in the

him aside

Jasper squinted his eyes and continued, "Jameson was merely getting rid of Aidan after he outlived

any different?" Nicholas felt a

knew Jameson had

explain himself if Jameson found out that he

was cold-blooded, sinister,

matter what, Nicholas had to survive; only then

he was already entangled with Jameson—there was no

Jasper lunged forward and

you can have it." Nicholas' eyes constricted as an

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