ears l
ernationa
, one man stood apart, seemingly untouche
e black dress shirt and matching trousers. A pair of sungl
presence alone enough to make peop
it in Asia. And while everything had gone acco
his personal assistant, Saul,
d we go back to the mansion first?" he asked cautiously,
slowly turning his hea
only telling
aul felt a chill shoot down his spi
f knew that the young heir, Lucas, was
on obsession, shielding him from the world. Even
was on a "hu
raid of distracting you, so I didn't get in touch... I didn't expect litt
sunglasses with d
rmy sea. It was as if a tempest were gathering behind them. The tension wa
had just lost his job... an
nched. "Hmm?" The sound was barely a word, more a low, threatening vibration. His
." Saul whispered,
ll rolled through the crowd and stopped right in f
g down, and then b
pink with tiny gold starshten, a small, soft vo
hat's my c
ning toward him with her dark
ng a bright, fearless energy. She stopped in front of him, c
crouched, studyi
ilted her head up
t, something insid
e ey
yes, identica
rge, round, and
ssessing an innocence so pure it seemed to bel
rd f
sistant beside him, his luggage, the cro
ched him with complete ease. There was no fear in her gaze. Only curi
d ever seen this child. He
ye
l as if he alr
held out a tiny hand, "you can't have that one.
ill crouched, proc
tinued with solemn, childish
d utterly innocent, yet they s
ing he didn't
ad never happene
ble to stop it. A strange warmth spread through his chest, melting the icy arm
h him? Why... did
, his voice unusually soft as he handed back thore, and when she smiled, she revealed two tiny canine
she exclaimed. "Do
rised to catch
ng from a couple of steps b
ell... cr
ing softly to a chil
simply
ten close to any other. He didn't even look at them. But
ed with an involuntary sigh,
pain. It was something deeper... something that f
's eyes... they
act m
dward's world,
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