After we saw them leave, Atlas made a phone call. I was sure he was calling Dylan. He said a few words briefly and then hung up.
I asked Atlas, "How can we make them take action?"
In fact, I already had a plan in mind when I asked that question.
Atlas's eyes suddenly grew icy as he began to stare at me. I felt a little guilty and lowered my eyes because it was the first time I had seen him look at me so intensely.
"Chloe!" He called my name angrily.
There was a hint of coldness in Atlas's attitude. "Don't even think about it. Don't try to play your little tricks. The opponents you’re facing are not as foolish as you imagine."
I knew why he was angry.
This was the first time he had scolded me since we had gotten together.
"Anything you do could ruin my plan and endanger our children. Listen to me, Chloe. I can give up anything, but not you and the children. So don't act recklessly."
"But we don't have much time left!" I retorted urgently.
"I won't allow my wife and children to take risks, even if I'm not as skilled as others," he said in a low voice.
The air instantly cooled, and neither of us spoke.
I was worried. There were only 12 days left until January 5th. I couldn't allow them to act recklessly and succeed, could I?
Archie and the Beringer family were already involved in this. I couldn't just watch the Avila family fall apart.
At that moment, the sound of knocking on the door broke the oppressive silence.
Carol pushed the door open and looked at me, whispering, "Mr. Atlas, Ms. Chloe, Miss Mia is here to see you!"
Mia?
I instinctively looked at Atlas.
Atlas's lips curled slightly. He nodded slightly at me. I told Carol, "Let her in."
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This story would be interesting if there weren't so many garbled paragraphs. Half sentences and missed paragraphs. It's too much, give us a proper story. I'm done reading...
Atlas literally took Chloe away from Ryan Ryan needs to go back and reinforce to be able to be head-on Caz that's the only place he's lacking...