Dawn was barely breaking as Percival opened his eyes and reached for his phone to call Thomas.
Within minutes, Thomas arrived in his car and picked up the duo who had spent the night by the seaside.
"Where to, Percival?" Thomas did not ask why. He just did what he always did, taking care of what needed to be done.
Percival twirled a strand of Vivienne's hair. "To the office."
Vivienne yawned. "I'm heading back to crash."
After dropping Vivienne off, Thomas drove to the company.
In the president's office, someone was already waiting in silence.
Percival opened the door and greeted, "Boss."
The man in the chair turned around, a custom-made cane in hand. "Long time, no see."
Percival's lips curved into a half-smile as he ushered Micah to the couch and poured him a cup of coffee. "How have you been?"
Micah did not ask much but casually chatted with Percival. "Pretty good, just eating and sleeping. I've been so lazy that I hardly want to get up and exercise. My legs are paying the price."
Percival chuckled, responding briefly before asking, "Who's Rover?"
Micah's hand paused, a shadow flickering in his eyes, "Why do you ask?"
"Just curious," Percival replied nonchalantly.
Micah hesitated for a moment before setting down his coffee cup, "Percival, I know you don't trust anyone in the agency right now, but I can assure you, Rover is solid. He's someone I deeply respect, as did your mentor Lark and Vance, too."
Percival frowned subtly.
high praise from Micah meant Vance
was a deep
is he?" Percival
me off the battlefield and saved my life and my leg. But Rover is a top-secret agency asset. Beyond the code name, that's
within the Vanguard Agency that even Percival could
further. He would eventually
returning to service?
could you possibly have
Ellington Group." Percival smiled, continuing
they had chatted so freely was when Percival
an end. Micah stood up, leaning on his cane. "Alright, I'm heading back to work today. Retirement will
Percival walk him out any further than the office door. He took a long, deep
now on, you'll be fighting alone. The road ahead is perilous. Take
fight together. No matter how perilous the road ahead is, I'm with you! The days of fighting side
He was the one who pushed for your
"Understood."
him out. He stood in the office, watching Micah take the elevator down until the doors
his chair, took out his phone, and called
sleepy voice came
"Still not up?"
groggy, but if you're offering to treat me to
you say. But before that, I think you'll be
and then the sound of rustling came from the other end, "What's
Linklater family!" Percival's eyes
sat up
The Linklater family!
Vesper!
was just a stage name her mother
at random to make her way
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