Rebirth in Canaan, No Looking Back Chapter 12

Rebirth in Canaan, No Looking Back Chapter 12

After Chloe moved into the villa, she

became its lady in name and in fact.

Alaric had mountains of clothes and jewelry delivered for her.

He also created a cushy, high-profile position for her at the casino.

But he found himself growing more and

more exhausted.

Every time he came back from the grime of his business and looked into Chloe’s innocent eyes, he felt like he was playing a

part.

Out there, he was the most feared man in the Las Vegas underground.

With Chloe, he had to pretend to be a respectable businessman.

He suddenly thought of Elodie.

Only with Elodie did he never have to pretend.

She was never afraid of him.

She would even devise solutions for him,

clean up his messes.

A gold-embossed invitation was placed on Alaric’s desk.

The annual high-stakes tournament in Monaco, with a special invitation for Las Vegas’s most prominent casino owner and a companion.

In the past, Alaric wouldn’t have given it a second glance.

As long as Elodie was by his side, he never had to worry about a card game.

But now… he hadn’t sat at a serious table

in years.

He’d been too busy swallowing up territory and managing businesses that couldn’t see the light of day. His skills had grown rusty.

The few hands he played with Chloe were just a way to pass the time with her.

Lately, Alaric had developed a habit of returning to the penthouse apartment late at night.

Whenever he saw the things she’d left behind, he thought of Elodie.

How she’d saved him in that alley at the

very beginning.

How he, in turn, had pulled her from the hands of her father’s creditors.

How they had conquered table after table, rival after rival, and built Olympus from the ground up.

Without Elodie, there would be no Alaric

McCall.