"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

Our situations are different.

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

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

Solana City police force don't just

Justice will always prevail.

what he deserves." Jasper held his

do you think is next?"

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

and Jameson worked extremely

and a Belbanks bigwig, helped Jameson

cast him aside

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

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

he knew Jameson had

idea how to explain himself if Jameson found out that he

was cold-blooded,

survive; only then he could protect

he was already entangled with Jameson—there

Jasper lunged forward and pressed a silver

a lighter, right? If you don't mind, you can have

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