"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.

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

Our situations are different.

understand mine." Jasper's jaw clenched subtly, but

it's odd that Aidan Lovelace was suddenly arrested, Chief Novak?"

Solana City police force don't

Justice will always prevail.

is what he deserves." Jasper held

you think is next?" The air suddenly

I know?" Nicholas dismissed him coldly, but a tremor ran through

Jameson

Belbanks bigwig, helped Jameson distribute illegal

him aside like a

squinted his eyes and continued, "Jameson was

Novak, are you certain you're any different?" Nicholas felt a

he knew Jameson had eyes all over Solana

idea how to explain himself if Jameson found out

was cold-blooded, sinister, and

to survive; only then he could

with Jameson—there was no

rose to leave, Jasper lunged forward and pressed

right? If you don't mind, you can have it." Nicholas' eyes constricted as an

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