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.”

taking a long drag on his cigarette, Patrick finally spoke up. “You’re out of the

above and beyond for us. You have to show

gratitude.”

“Absolutely!”

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

We owe them big time. We should

some nice gifts!”

a

shouting something. They were shouting

that…?”

War, Temple Lord,” Alexander corrected with a smile. “Only the Temple Lord can

machines into action. I racked up quite

Lord made an

sending them

missing a beat, he shifted gears, his tone turning serious. “Amber,

Ray in charge. He’ll have a

round the clock.”

Amber murmured in agreement.

George’s right-hand man, tough as they come, and the head

only

ran into a martial arts master like someone from

Amber was

in safe hands.

powerful family from up north, aren’t they?”

what he

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products could push into the northern

him, “And you know, I’ve been

along nicely.

product is a hit

plans for expanding up north, but

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

“That settles it, then!”

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