When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I averted my eyes before remembering about the spying Audrey upstairs.

That girl’s really brave, huh? A normal kid would start crying for their mother at the sight of a foreign black man in the house. Not only did she not cry, but she’s even spying from behind the baluster.

Carefully, I chanced a glance at where Audrey had been earlier, glad to see that it was empty.

She must have listened to me and gone back to my room.

John had raised Audrey abroad all along, and she was the apple of his eye, so she had a little stubborn streak of her own. Fortunately, she was still an obedient child when she was with the family.

“Okay, Stovall, Fuller. Let me tell you my plan!” Lucas was vastly different from Quince. First of all, he was much taller and cruder. Furthermore, he was rather enthusiastic and immersed in his own world. “You’ll be the ones in charge of opening the clubs, starting from K City to the rest of the country. You can leave the security details to us. The headquarters of Skull will be based in K City. As for the deal with the Chanaean police, we’ll go into more details later.”

“Stop,” Ashton interrupted Lucas’ train of thought. Immediately, the room fell silent.

Fortunately, it seemed like they had learned about Chanaea’s way of hosting guests before they came, so they were not angry about his interruption. Instead, Lucas beamed and gestured for him to speak as he patiently waited to hear him.

have any plans to collaborate with others,” Ashton said, dismissing Lucas’ entire

Lucas thought Ashton was not done with his piece, for

lips together and fell silent. He did not have any thoughts of trying to soften the revelation for

ticked away, the atmosphere turned tenser and tenser, and the smile on Lucas’ face

mean? Do you think that our organization isn’t

it. I knew he was up to no good. I’m right all

Even when he was powerless in J City, he had already made his move against Cameron and

their own ways of doing things, and we’ve got to give them an opportunity to try things out. If you’d like to talk business

you mean?” Quince

of the jurisdictions of K City’s cops,” John said with a half-grin. Clearly, he was enjoying the show, and the look in his eyes would infuriate anyone it was directed

about. Once they realized what cops

the most. Of course, that

tense. The few underlings behind Lucas had also sneakily put their