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.”

Patrick finally spoke up. “You’re out of

They went above and beyond for us. You have to

gratitude.”

“Absolutely!”

her eyes, nodded vigorously. “Even after

time.

some nice gifts!”

lip, her voice barely above a whisper. “Alex, back on the boat, I thought I

were shouting

that…?”

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

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

Lord made an

them for the

shifted gears, his tone turning serious. “Amber,

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

round the clock.”

Amber murmured in agreement.

George’s right-hand man, tough as they come, and the head honcho of New Chesire

He answered only to Alexander

Ray on the job, unless they ran into a martial

Amber was

in safe hands.

from up north,

what he

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could push into the northern

continued, a new thought dawning on him, “And you know,

under control, and everything’s ticking along nicely. I’m considering a

the scene. Our ‘One Life’ product is a hit

for expanding up north, but

overseas, and dipping our toes in the northern

“That settles it, then!”

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