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n for the Montgomery Trade Guild spread before me. Numbers

nconsciously agai

t. Standing amidst the wreckage of that hotel room, her spine str

w long I had waite

n the capital, was sprawled on my sofa, sipping my p

d-Faced Dragon Lord Appears at Hotel Late at Night, Suspected of Handling Family Scandal.' Tsk, t

"Save your imagination f

me you went to the scene yourself last night. And you personally ordered an escort for that li

my future wife," I stated,

... What did you say? Future... wife? Are you serious? I

ce. The playful smirk vanished from his face, replace

s her," Leo murmured. "The one who's been mistreat

ss," I said, my voice quiet but absolute. Her bloodline was nobler than nin

his hands. "So, you planned all this? Letting Julian and that

ed," I corrected him. "I didn't interfere. I only ensured th

? With your status, that old fox Arthur Sterling would have

think I'm the same as Arthur Sterling and Julian Carlisle,

kyline stretching out beneath my feet. "

ading too many romance novels? She's probabl

ssistant, Ethan Reynolds, lit up on m

an encrypted file through a special channel, addressed to you. The sender is C

twitched, a barely pe

ce as if he'd seen the Dragon God descend

file over," I told Ethan. "And get

over the lines. Seeing her clear-headed analysis of the pros and cons, even pricing herself

I thought. And... more foolish. She th

convinced Chloe Sullivan to meet at the "Whispering

essage too. "Isn't that the place we g

flinks. "It seems my little lioness i

you going?"

ith an 'entrepreneur' in desper

ng. "Gideon, you are a magnificent bastard! A master planner!

the coat rack and put on a mor

he would be named Orion. If it wa

ke her

elevator. The hunter had set his trap. Now, he was

aumont, you