Rachel paused for a moment. “The wedding is on the 15th. I don’t want anything to go wrong.”

Arnold’s enthusiasm plummeted as a result of the phone call. He pulled away from Josie, who quickly buttoned up her clothes.

“It’s already the 10th. Instead of preparing for your wedding, you’re here doing this. Do you have that much free time?”

Rachel was left speechless, perhaps due to a certain degree of apprehension she felt when facing Arnold.

“I just want to remind you not to let your personal feelings ruin our plan.”

As Rachel spoke, Arnold glanced at the flustered Josie, who was glaring back at him intently.

He rose and walked to the window. “Before Dexter boarded the ship, did he tell you exactly what he planned to do?”

Rachel replied, “No, he doesn’t trust me much. He doesn’t tell me many things. All I know is that he boarded the ship to conduct business.”

“Business,” Arnold savored the word. “Quite a significant business to discuss in international waters.”

international waters. He’s still in Wavery. He just called me, saying he’ll

hearing that, Arnold’s expression changed abruptly. “What

he didn’t go out

and rapidly processed the complexities of the situation

he stared at her for a second before scoffing, “Your

that, he roughly grabbed Josie’s arm and strode

downstairs, where Arnold had her cleaned up and changed into a new set of clothes. Then, she was escorted into

stopped on the side of the road. Soon, a person from another car got in and reported

his eyes closed, abruptly opened them sharply. “Which

from another jurisdiction,

looked at him. “What

the open sea. The person who boarded the ship was a stand-in…” His voice trailed off

tricked us,” Arnold said as

listening intently to their conversation. She glanced at the scenery outside in the dark

the dock, the vehicle stopped, and Arnold closed his eyes to

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