"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. Alyssa as your wife is merely a term of

Our situations are different.

can't understand mine." Jasper's jaw clenched subtly,

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

force don't

Justice will always prevail.

what he deserves."

you think is next?" The

him coldly, but a tremor

and Jameson

Group and a Belbanks bigwig, helped Jameson

aside

eyes and continued, "Jameson was merely getting rid of

are you certain you're any different?" Nicholas felt a slight stirring in his

he knew Jameson had eyes all over Solana

had no idea how to explain himself if Jameson found

cold-blooded, sinister,

survive; only then he could protect his

was already entangled with

lunged forward and pressed

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

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