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.”

his cigarette, Patrick finally spoke up. “You’re out

last night your old squad? They went above and beyond for us.

gratitude.”

“Absolutely!”

vigorously. “Even after you’ve left the

We owe them big time. We should take them out to dinner,

some nice gifts!”

bit her lip, her voice barely above a whisper. “Alex, back

something. They were shouting something

that…?”

Alexander corrected with a smile. “Only the Temple Lord can order

war machines into action. I racked up quite a few commendations in

Lord made an

them for the

his tone turning serious.

I’m putting Ray in charge. He’ll have

round the clock.”

Amber murmured in agreement.

man, tough as they come, and the head honcho of

He answered only to Alexander

ran into a martial arts master like

Amber was

in safe hands.

up north, aren’t they?” said Patrick,

what he

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could push into

new thought dawning on him, “And you know, I’ve

and everything’s ticking along nicely. I’m considering a trip overseas

product is a hit here, and it’s

expanding up

toes in the northern market doesn’t sound

“That settles it, then!”

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