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It didn’t matter where we were.

As long as I had him, it felt like home.

CHAPTER68

MADDOX

“Good to see you again, brother.” Angelo’s grin stretched across his face as he sat behind his desk. “Although I’ll admit, I didn’t expect you to contact me so soon.”

“You wanted to talk, so I’m here to talk,” I said, sitting down on the couch opposite him. “Or I can just leave.”

“So fucking grumpy all the time. I’ll talk with Allyn to work harder to change that.”

I glanced around the empty office, just the two of us in it this time. I was here because I gave my word.And I always keep it.

He saved Allyn from Mikael’s men. For that, I owed him my life. That’s the only reason why Angelo was still standing in front of me,smiling like an idiot.

Still, I wanted to be anywhere but here. Home with my woman.

She was probably curled up on the couch, watching a movie with a ridiculous ice cream mix in hand, just waiting for me.

I couldn’t help but smile at the thought of her. Damn, I was down bad for this woman.

It had been over a week since the mess with Mikael. The old man’s recovery was slow but steady—when I last saw him, he was barely alive, covered in his blood. Now, he was doing better, slowly regaining strengthin the hospital.

Allyn was happy, and that meant I was fucking happy.I bought an apartment in a luxury building in Scarlet Vale under her name, just a street away from the hospital where Mikael is recovering.

I knew she’d want to be closer to him. Of course, she objected, but it wasn’t up for discussion.

She always said I spoiled her too much.

Well, so fucking be it. She deserves it.

A damn apartment is the least I could spend my money on for her.

Allyn fell in love with the place almost immediately. She threw herself into decorating it, turning the empty space into a home.

Our home.

A fresh start for the three of us.

“Talk, Angelo,” I sighed, shifting my focus back to my brother. “I don’t have all day.”

“Straight to business, I guess,” he muttered, nodding slightly. I stretched my arms out across the couch, waiting for him to continue.

“You know that after our father’s death, The King clan is left without a leader.”

“I’m familiar with that.”

“And as his older son, I’m his heir.”

I nodded, already knowing where this was headed. Angelo certainly didn’t have the necessary qualities to lead, but even so, he’d do a better job than Martin.

“And you invited me here to ask for my blessing?” I grinned, my lips curling in amusement.

I found the situation absurd.

If Angelo thought I’d stand in the way of his right as the heir, then he didn’t know me at all. I didn’t give a single fuck about the title.

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