Chapter 467 Upscale Restaurant
Chapter 467 Upscale Restaurant
Dawn exhaled slowly, wishing the dinner would just end already.
Three people sat at the table, but only two were talking.
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Marshall wouldn’t stop trying to impress her. He cut her steak, filled her te, and kept pouring wine as if charm could be forced. Each time, Dawn moved the food to Mason’s te with a polite smile that froze the air between them.
Marshall’s grin wavered more with every small rejection, yet he didn’t dare speak up.
When the meal finally ended, Dawn set her fork down with grace.
“Thank you for the dinner, Mr. Marshall. Let’s stop here for tonight. I’ll see you tomorrow at the office.”
“Leaving so soon?” Marshall tilted his head with a sly smile. “Come on, Ms. Dawn. The night’s barely started.”
Dawn pressed her fingers against her temple, her tone soft but detached. “Not tonight. My body’s still on another time zone. I need rest. We’ll continue tomorrow.”
Marshall’s face tightened, but he managed to keep his smile.
He drove them back to the hotel, silent the entire way.
As his car disappeared into the dark, Dawn’s eyes grew colder.
“Tomorrow, get us our own car. I don’t want him in control of our schedule. We take the lead.”
Mason nodded. “Got it.”
She paused, her tone dropping. “And Mason, after tonight, watch yourself. He’ll try someth
I can feel it. He’s the kind of man you see once and just know he’s trouble.”
Her instincts were right.
That night, Mason’s hotel room caught fire.
The staff came running, rms ring through the hallway. When the chaos finally settled, their report med it on “faulty wiring.”
Faulty wiring. What a convenient excuse.
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Dawn rubbed at her temples, feeling a tension coil tighter and tighter in her skull.
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Marshall showed up soon after, towering over the staff, barking uselessments that did nothing to help.
Then came the sharp sound of her palm striking the table.
Every voice went silent.
Dawn’s eyes were ice when she looked at the police. Her voice was clear and cold. “I expect an answer by tomorrow. If I don’t get one, the biggest taxpayer in this city will be relocating out of it.”
The officers rushed to agree, promising quick action. Marshall stood to the side, quiet in a way that didn’t feel right.
When the police left, only two hotel employees remained.
They gave Mason a new room and nervously handed over a cheap basket of fruit and snacks as an apology.
Dawn said nothing at first. Her gaze shifted to Marshall, sharp and steady. “Mr. Marshall, you seem more nervous than Mason. Were you worried he might not make it out?”
Marshall blinked, caught off guard. He forced augh that came out dry. “Of course not! As they say in Ar, fortune favors good men. Mr. Cook’s one of them. He’ll be fine.”
Hours ago, he had called Mason an assistant. Ackey.
Now, it was Mr. Cook.
Dawn’s lips curled in a faint, icy smile, though her tone stayed perfectly steady. “Mr. Mars believe you already know that Mason was my father’s private secretary for years. If anythi were to happen to him, I’d be held responsible. His safety is as important as mine. I won‘ anyone touch him.”
“Yes, of course.”
Marshall’s face shimmered under the light, his smirk reflecting like cheap ss catching a dozen colors. “You can rx, Ms. Dawn. I’ll make sure both of you are safe.”
As if she’d ever trust that.
Dawn gave a quiet, mockingugh and didn’t reply.
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By the time everything settled down, it was well past midnight.
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She could finally rest, though she didn’t dare fall into deep sleep. After the night’s chaos, her nerves stayed strung tight. She drifted in and out until the tter of the breakfast tray at the door knocked her awake.
She called Mason and told him toe eat with her.
“Everything okay after I left?” she asked, stirring her coffee.
Mason shook his head, then paused. “Actually, Ms. Dawn, I noticed something odd.”
Her brows lifted slightly. “What is it?”
“The hotel staff. They keep wandering near our rooms. They pretend to be cleaning, but they’re not.”
Dawn’s fork stopped midair. After a beat, she set it down and gave a faint smile. “Then Mr. Marshall’s even more entertaining than I thought.”
So the hotel was already under his thumb. Those fake walks in the hallway were nothing but eyes on them.
If he had that kind of reach here…
She didn’t finish the thought. It wasn’t worth speaking aloud.
After breakfast, Mason went to rent a car, and Dawn joined him. She <b>de </b>
too.
“Ms. Dawn, if we do this, won’t Marshall take it personally?”
“Let him.” Dawn scoffed. “I’ve got my own score to settle with him.”
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If he ran snitching to Vincent, perfect. She’d finally have an excuse to strip him of his position.
But she wasn’t na?ve. Marshall controlled the entire Ithelia branch, and Vincent was a world away in Meriax.
Out here, Marshall acted like a king on his ownnd. That arrogance came from distance and powerbined.
Still, she couldn’t understand why Vincent had chosen this man to handle her project.
The logic escaped her.
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By the time they got settled into a new hotel, it was already 10 a.m.
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Mason drove them straight to the Stonewarden offices, but the security guard stepped in front of the gate, blocking their path.
Dawn’s tone stayedposed, her words clipped and firm. “Tell Mr. Marshall that Dawn West is here.”
The guard hesitated, frowning. “Dawn West? From Ar?”
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