The Divorced Military Queen Awakens (by Sadie Baxter) novel Chapter 451

Chapter 451 Hidden Threats

Chapter 451 Hidden Threats

“Looks that way,” Quinn said with a soft smile.

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The words Julius had spoken earlier felt like a key turning in a long–locked door: proof that, in his heart, he had let her in once more.

Meanwhile, in the study of their hotel suite, Julius stood by the desk when Fabian’s call lit up his phone.

“We’ve confirmed your father is in the city,” Fabian reported, a hush of static framing his voice. “Exact address is still unclear, but he’s paid a fortune to hire an overseas hacker outfit.”

“A hacker outfit?” Julius echoed, eyes narrowing.

“Yes, and that’s not all. He’s also spending big to dispatch mercenaries to Celosia.”

“Trace both the hackers and the mercenaries,” Julius said, voice dropping to a lethal whisper. “When you find them, eliminate them all.”

His father hadn’t come to Celosia for sightseeing, not with hired guns in tow.

Is he after me? Or, after Quinn?

He refused to let the same thing happen again. He would not let his father have the chance to strike.

Leaving the study, Julius found Quinn reclining against a heap of pillows, a foreign novel resting open in her hands.

“All finished?” she asked, looking up over the rim of the book.

The bedside lamp painted her in pools of amber, turning the room into something that felt almost holy.

“Yes,” he said, loosening his tie. “So–what do you think of that one?”

“Surprisingly engaging,” she answered, tapping the margin where she had made an invisible note. “The author’s theory takes a road nobody else bothers to pave.”

He remembered, not for the first time, that their bookshelves could be swapped and no one would notice.

“If you’re into that author, I’ve got a few more titles. You can read them when you’re bored,” he

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She lowered the hardcover with a quiet snap, lamplight gliding across her gentle features. “Sure. It’s getting late–go rinse off and climb into bed.”

“Okay.” Julius answered softly, the single word carrying more obedience than a whole speech ever could.

When he came back from the bathroom, steam still clinging to his hair, she was already curled beneath the duvet, breathing slow and even.

He paused at the bedside, studying the calm of her sleeping face. Just looking at her settled something restless inside his chest.

He lifted the covers and slid in beside her. The moment he reached for the switch, the room fell to darkness–and her hand found his, warm, slender, and sure.

“Did I wake you?” Julius whispered, startled by the sudden touch.

“Not really,” she mumbled, voice thick with drowsiness. “My sleep is light, and I can only rest easy when I’m holding your hand.”

“You’re afraid I’ll spend the night staring at the ceiling again?” he asked in a low murmur.

“Mm–hmm… I’m scared you’ll take pills again,” she murmured, half awake. “Julius, promise me -you must never swallow those pills anymore. I want you… safe and sound… every single year that passes.”

He bent closer, gaze lingering on the soft curve of her lashes.

Her breathing settled into an even rhythm; she was truly asleep now.

Safe and sound, huh? He wanted the same for her–year after unbroken year. For that wish, he was ready to sacrifice anything.

Two days later, Quinn walked into the hospital where Margaret was staying, anxiety knotting her palms.

Everett had already spoken to his mother, laying out everything–Quinn and her brother Rowan, and the truth about their late mother, Arlene.

When Margaret first learned her daughter had died years ago, shock nearly stole her consciousness.

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Only the revelation that her daughter had left behind two children kept the older woman from

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collapsing.

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