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.”

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

They went above and beyond for us. You

gratitude.”

“Absolutely!”

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

time. We should

some nice gifts!”

her voice barely above a whisper. “Alex, back on the

something. They were shouting something about

that…?”

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

racked up quite a

Lord made an

them

a beat, 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 top-notch guards on

round the clock.”

Amber murmured in agreement.

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

force. He answered only

into a martial arts master like someone from

Amber was

in safe hands.

family from up north, aren’t they?” said Patrick, trying to

what he

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him, “And you

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Life’ product is a hit here, and it’s bound to catch

any plans for expanding

our toes in the northern market doesn’t sound bad to

“That settles it, then!”

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