Chloe nodded and smiled sweetly. “Thank you, Thomas.”

“You’re my godsister, so it’s my responsibility to keep you happy always. No need to thank me for the gifts. Now, try them out and see if it suits you.”

“Alright.” She got out of the car to try on the shoes. “They fit perfectly.” After that, she took them off and changed into her old shoes again.

Puzzled, Thomas asked, “Why’d you change them out?”

“I’m going to wear these when Zachary comes home. I’m going to welcome him back while wearing these shoes.”

Unbeknownst to her, Thomas felt his heart shred into pieces upon hearing that, and he froze up. She has no idea her brother’s never coming home.

“What’s wrong, Thomas?”

He snapped out of it and heaved a long sigh. “It’s nothing. You should go back to work.”

“It’s almost lunchtime, anyway. How about I treat you to lunch?”

mood for lunch, so he waved her down. “You go

and walked back into the building while holding her new shoes. Every time I talked about Zachary, he would have a weird look on his face. It was almost as if Thomas was feeling sad. Why, though? Does he not want Zachary to come home?

his cheeks. “I’m… sorry, my friend. I owe you a debt that can never be repaid, but please watch over us. I promise I’ll make your family happy. I swear, so just wait a little while longer. When they no longer need me, I shall meet

a brave, undefeatable man, but he was not. He only made sure he hid his weakness carefully. Even now, Thomas still had dreams of that failed mission, especially the very moment he shot Zachary. Since then, he had

it. He had a lot of things to do and so many people to protect. There was no way

when he came back to Keyshire

“You’re back.” Olivia smiled.

“Yeah,” Thomas responded.

the

“Very much.”

“Good to hear.”

no mood to talk. He plopped down on the couch and started resting his

go to give Chloe some shoes. He’s trying his best to hide it, but I can feel a hint of

if he was alright, but she had no courage to do that. After all, Thomas and Olivia were the

the Hind Residence, Blake was fuming. He thought he was about to explode from rage. How the f*ck?! He had sent four killers to Northpine Villa to take out Thomas once, but they failed. Not only did they fail, but they also ended up giving their lives for it! I spent so much time and effort training them! Not one to give up easily, Blake had sent out six more killers just to take out Thomas this time, but

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