Chapter 60

• Icarus insisted on accompanying me, even after I explained it was just a casual girl-talk meeting. He reasoned that he could sit somewhere nearby, either at the back or outside, to keep an eye on things in case of danger. Try as I might, I couldn’t find a valid argument to dissuade him. The truth was, I didn’t feel entirely safe—not even while walking through my own office building, let alone venturing outside the bank's headquarters. With an unknown threat lurking, determined to end my life, rejecting his protection wasn’t an option I could afford.
• We stepped out together, Icarus flanking me like a shadow.
• "And who’s this, pretty boy?" Mireille teased, her gaze sweeping over him with an amused grin.