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e of his iPhone was b

screen where three wise eager faces stared back at him expectantly. His mother had dec

. I look forward to hearing

exchanging curt pleasan

and running his hands down his face

ing bega

from the table and swiping up. "What

rld, you ungrateful..." Her voice was stern and coated with displeasu

ed. "What do you want, Mom? I

ou. When last did you check in on your mother? You're even ignorin

e over sometime

care cut

niel

else," his mother continued. "I think it's hig

. He was actually married. A flash marriage he'd undergone just so he could access the fortune his grandfather had left him. Though

ortune hunters with long claws whose life purpose was to sink them into whatever money they could find, but he wouldn't deny that he did

re? Did you hea

oat. "Yes, I'm her

't see any other women around you. You say you're sure this one i

red him to no end. He was very sure

en if I wanted to, I wouldn't know wher

half," his mot

been fleeting and was so long ago that he could barely remember. There had been no after; his mot

hs. Even though she couldn't remarry, not while still being married to him, what if she had a boyfri

appy like this. Besides, we agreed

ousness. "And if you don't do as I've asked, I

chair. He knew what his mother was capable of; she

Quan. It was a secret only people close to him knew that he had a double identity. Nathaniel Everleigh after his father and Thane Quan after his grandmother. When he'd been b

ed her with Thane Quan. He only used his father's last na

ht him out of

took her in. He noticed the slight makeup on her face, the chocolatey color of her eyes, the cat-like shape of them. Dressed in a plain grey pencil mouth skirt an

you

. I'm your new pe

incompetent. Now he felt stupid. "Yes,

ded. "Y

t was that? He caught himself in time, clearing his throat. "Good. I'm sure you've been briefed on your job description. Let's make one thing clear. You're not my sec

to lick her lower lip, an action tha

his mother about going to find his wife and now here he

e wasn't careful, he had a feeling she was trouble. "What do you think