Chapter 0249

Dawn broke over Ol’ Mare, casting a soft glow on the quiet Belmont Hills neighborhood where the

Chesire family lived.

*Amber, Alex, are you serious?!” In the Chesire’s living room, Susanne, who had just dropped little

Olivia off at preschool, listened in horror to Amber’s harrowing tale of her abduction. Her face went as

white as a sheet.

“They didn’t hurt you, did they? Oh, my poor baby!” She wept uncontrollably.

“I’m fine, all thanks to Alex.”

Patrick, a cigarette dangling from his fingers, tried to steady his shaky voice. “Amber, you’ve got to be

more careful from now on. We need to beef up security. If it hadn’t been for Alex… Well…

Amber glanced at Alexander, biting her lip, her face awash with guilt.

After her last frightening experience, she had been vigilant about her safety. She blamed her own

stubborn

streak for not telling Alex and sneaking off with Acela to Lackspur County.

If only she had notified Alex, maybe none of that would have happened. The Ellis family, the Hart

family…

Those people were the worst!

“Alex.”

drag on his cigarette, Patrick finally spoke

above and beyond for us. You have to show them

gratitude.”

“Absolutely!”

in her eyes, nodded vigorously. “Even after you’ve left the military,

time. We should take them out to dinner,

some nice gifts!”

a whisper. “Alex, back on the boat, I thought I

soldiers shouting something. They were shouting something about a Temple

that…?”

with a smile. “Only the Temple Lord can order

quite a few commendations in

Lord made an

them for

he shifted gears, his tone turning serious. “Amber, we’re stepping up

now. I’m putting Ray in charge. He’ll have a team of

round the clock.”

Amber murmured in agreement.

tough as they come,

force. He answered only to Alexander

ran into a martial arts master like someone from the

Amber was

in safe hands.

Ellis family… They’re that powerful family from up north, aren’t they?”

what he

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products could push into the northern

a new thought dawning on him, “And you know, I’ve been thinking. Amber’s

control, and everything’s ticking along nicely.

is a hit here, and it’s

expanding up north, but Alexander

exploring overseas, and dipping our toes in the northern market doesn’t sound bad

“That settles it, then!”

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