Chapter 227

Anastasia lifted her head and spotted Herman standing behind her, hands propped on the back of the couch, smiling at her.

Quickly composing herself, she asked, “All done with your stuff?”

Herman took a seat next to her, replying, “I’ve handed off the rest to my colleagues. Couldn’t keep my wife waiting. She might get all sorts of ideas.”

This swanky club offered certain… special services. Melinda, who’d just shown up, was one of the special service providers.

Anastasia hadn’t experienced it firsthand, but she knew. So Melinda’s words earlier had thrown her off a bit. Knowing Melinda, being in this place, with Mr. Winchester around… all easily led to all sorts of assumptions.

Had she ever been in this line of work?

She found it hard to believe. No matter how poor or how starving she was, she would never choose this line of work. Forcing a smile, Anastasia asked, “You guys always conduct business in places like this?”

“Can’t lie,” Herman answered honestly. “I come here often. But I promise you, I’d never do anything to betray you. You’re welcome to check up on me anytime.”

Anastasia laugh. “I trust

couldn’t trust the man who’d been with her through thick and thin, then she couldn’t trust anyone. Her life was saved by Herman, plucked

hand, asking, “Why are your hands so

this, he draped his coat over her. “You just got out of the hospital, can’t catch a cold now. Let’s go home.”

She often thought how lucky she was to have met

out of Neon Dreams. Nelson had already gotten the message and had

“Wait here for a sec. I’ll bring

Anastasia stood still,

lot to get the car, and Nelson was waiting

held out his hand. “Keys.”

handed over the keys quickly, and Herman instructed, “Stay here, send the

It’ll be

and drove over to pick up Anastasia. Instead of taking Anastasia straight home, he drove to a small restaurant nearby. “Let’s have some hot soup to warm you up. You’ll sleep better when we get

hadn’t really had dinner yet, so she was a bit hungry.

restaurant, and Herman ordered two servings of pasta

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