“By the way, should we go ahead with the visit scheduled for a few days from now?”

It was the visit to the temple, where Chase had been going to pray for Noel, whose whereabouts remained unknown.

Leon asked in a deliberately casual voice, harboring a hopeful suspicion. Chase’s quill stopped dead. When he slowly raised his head from the documents, his eyes held a warmth he plainly could not hide.

“Cancel it. I won’t be going there this time—or ever again. Strike all future temple visits from my schedule too.”

This was the man who had gone to the temple every time with the desperation of someone clutching at straws, praying with bloodshot eyes and a near-mad intensity. And now he was suddenly saying he would stop? Leon swallowed the laugh rising in his chest.

Noel had returned. The last piece had fallen into place, turning Leon’s suspicion into certainty.

Still, Leon deliberately held back the question on the tip of his tongue.

Chase had seize...

Chapter 34

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