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.”

long drag on his cigarette, Patrick finally

went above and beyond for us.

gratitude.”

“Absolutely!”

nodded vigorously. “Even after

We owe them big time. We should take them out

some nice gifts!”

above a whisper. “Alex, back on the boat, I thought I

They were shouting something about a Temple

that…?”

Lord of War, Temple Lord,” Alexander corrected with a

I racked up quite a few commendations in my time, so the

Lord made an

sending them for the

he shifted gears, his tone turning serious.

putting Ray in charge. He’ll have a team

round the clock.”

Amber murmured in agreement.

as they come,

only to Alexander

a martial arts master like someone from the Ellis

Amber was

in safe hands.

from up north, aren’t

what he

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continued, a new thought dawning on him, “And you know, I’ve been thinking. Amber’s

ticking along nicely. I’m

Our ‘One Life’ product is a hit here, and

had not laid out any plans for expanding up north, but Alexander gently broke

and dipping our toes in the

“That settles it, then!”

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