"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.

Jasper blinked and said, "Not yet." "Then, addressing Ms.

Our situations are different.

subtly, but his

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

force don't just do

Justice will always prevail.

deserves." Jasper held his gaze

think is next?" The air suddenly

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

Jameson

a Belbanks bigwig, helped Jameson distribute illegal drugs,

cast him aside

Jameson trusts no one." Jasper squinted his eyes and continued, "Jameson was merely

any different?" Nicholas felt a slight stirring in his

had eyes all over Solana

idea how to explain himself if Jameson found out that he had

was cold-blooded,

to survive; only then he could

he was already entangled with Jameson—there was no

Jasper lunged forward and pressed a silver

you can have it." Nicholas'

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