Chapter 17 

The sun rose, shining brightly on the world.

The citizens woke up, got ready, and started a brand new day.

In the morning, the chairman’s office, the Celestial building.

"Mister Yates, something major went down last night."

A beautiful, sexy woman stood next to Alex, recounting what happened at the Xaviers’ auction yesterday.

"Trent Xavier kidnapped Thea and her family?"

Alex was stunned when he heard this.He followed up with, "Did Trent die in the end?"

"Yes, sir.

According to news sources, Trent was going to take the Callahans out before coming after Celestial.Before he could do anything to Thea Callahan, a man in a ghost mask appeared.He’s Warren Xavier’s murderer, and he killed Trent too."

Alex waved a hand.

"That’s enough."

His secretary left.

grimly, mumbling to himself, "Laying a finger on Thea is like courting death.What good is a deputy commander of the Western border?

cared much about the Xaviers or the

At Common Clinic.

night’s rest, Thea woke up.When she came to, a pair of strong hands was holding hers.She felt

was holding Thea’s hands tightly, having fallen asleep at the side of the

shouts jolted him

he said,

voice, Thea asked weakly, "Jamie, where

to a friend.Your family was in trouble yesterday.Everyone had been kidnapped.I was lucky enough to evade capture, quietly following them to Cansington Hotel.When

want Thea to learn his true identity.Thea was

found out, she

for Thea to experience a

sorry I

himself for

happened last night, feeling

"why? Why me?"

she felt completely hopeless as she was

for him to let her go, but he only cut

hands tightly, saying,

sorry.I should have gone with

apologizing.He had

him, Thea would

got sick of crying, or maybe she was exhausted.Her sobs grew quieter and quieter, and she finally

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