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.”

finally spoke up. “You’re

your old squad? They went above and beyond for us. You have to show

gratitude.”

“Absolutely!”

in her eyes, nodded vigorously. “Even

lend a hand. We owe them big time. We should take them out to dinner, maybe

some nice gifts!”

barely above a whisper. “Alex, back

fellow soldiers shouting something. They were shouting something

that…?”

Alexander corrected with

action. I racked up quite

Lord made an

them

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

charge. He’ll have a team of top-notch guards

round the clock.”

Amber murmured in agreement.

as they come, and the head honcho of

He answered only to Alexander and George

the job, unless they ran into a martial arts master like

Amber was

in safe hands.

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

what he

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could push into

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

along

scene. Our ‘One Life’ product is a hit here, and it’s bound

expanding up north,

toes in the

“That settles it, then!”

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