Chapter 1288

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Upon hearing that, Neera suddenly realized she was naked and felt her cheeks flush with embarrassment. The next second, she hastily pulled the blanket up to cover herself.

Fortunately, the commotion from downstairs didn’t give her any time to feel embarrassed.

Instead, she quickly put on her clothes, eager to leave the room,

Just then, Jean gently took her hand. “Don’t worry. Everything will be alright.”

However, his calm demeanor only added to Neera’s confusion. How could he act as if nothing was happening?

“What on earth is going on? Who’s downstairs?” Neera asked, slowly realizing the situation. “Wait… Could it really be that someone is trying to take advantage of the situation?”

Jean gently ruffled her slightly messy hair. “Don’t overthink things for now,” he reassured her.

With that, he led her out of the bedroom.

The sounds of fighting continued downstairs, but Neera noticed that it was peaceful on the upper floor, and no one seemed to be coming up.

As she pondered the situation, Jean led her to the corner of the stairwell, where she had a clear view of what was happening downstairs.

It turned out that a group of black-clad, masked men had broken into the house. They were incredibly agile and skilled in combat.

However, they soon found themselves surrounded by a few shadowy figures.

“Wait a minute… Isn’t that lan, Storm, and Cloud? What are they doing here?” Neera exclaimed.

stared expressionlessly at the scene below, but his tone remained gentle. “I’ll

confused, unable to make sense

still sound asleep, her face darkened. “I need

“Don’t worry. There’s already someone watching over them in the room. They’re well protected, and

relief. Without further ado, she turned her attention

no idea that they were falling

a small group of people could easily defeat

each move was swift and deadly. Anyone who

even when outnumbered. In short, the intruders couldn’t

intruders found themselves at a

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the others quickly

unexpected night raid came to

men in black spat out blood and panted heavily. “Who…

everyone else, his mask had been ripped off

kicking the man to the ground. “Did I say you can speak? Is everyone from Freo Market this disrespectful? You’re at my mercy, yet you still

the men in black were stunned. They couldn’t understand how lan knew about

walked down the stairs with Neera.

they heard footsteps approaching, lan, Storm, and Cloud turned around. “Mr. Beauvort, Mrs. Beauvort,

Jean replied calmly as he looked at the black-clad men kneeling before him.

down their spine, and for a moment, no one

at us makes us feel as though we’re being tortured! Who is he? Why does he have so many experts with him? This is

shock and confusion

you here, and what were you supposed

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