The man dressed in the gray overcoat was tall, handsome, and looked put together. He gave off an air of sophistication and virtue.

When he entered the room, everyone felt an air of authority around him. It made people tread carefully in his presence.

Jonathan paused for a moment after hearing the assistant’s question. His eyes glanced at the poster of Maurice hanging outside of the airport.

“I wonder… is that Maurice?” he murmured bitterly to himself. His stoic face was laced with bitterness.

“Mr. Bowman?” the assistant addressed him tentatively.

Jonathan still hadn’t responded.

He looked away from the poster before replying, “That’s not necessary. Ask her to come and see me face to face.”

“But…” The assistant seemed hesitant and embarrassed to continue. “Miss Pierce hasn’t been in contact with us for some time. I’m worried that…” he finally said after a few moments of hesitation.

Jonathan’s brows furrowed at his words. “Find a way to make it happen! Also, we need to watch Maurice now that we’ve lost contact with Eliana. Since he once took Eliana away and imprisoned her for some time, I’m going to bet he’ll prevent me from seeing her. He’s a dangerous man.”

“I understand, Mr. Bowman.”

had no choice but to do

they didn’t speak

gazed at the strange city sprawling in front

back, he believed that there was nowhere for Eliana

Eliana woke up early to bring

the

you doing last night?” Eliana asked as she took in his sleep deprived

her why he didn’t get much sleep last night. The truth was, he

further. She packed up their belongings and

was silent on the drive there. His mind was far away

tell that her brother was acting strange. “Adrian, is something wrong?” she asked tentatively. “You’ve been acting weird since you woke up this

“Aileen…”

confess to his sister that he contacted Jonathan. However,

when she discovered he had texted Jonathan behind her back and asked Jonathan to take

hesitated as he tried to

like

lit up at the mention of Maurice. “Of course! I like him

so great about him?” Adrian

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