Divorced But Not Defeated The Military Queen’s Rise Again novel Chapter 253

Chapter 253 Journey To The Border

Chapter 253 Journey To The Border

Quinn blinked. “I can handle this myself, Julius. I don’t even know how long I’ll be out there.

“I told you I’ll help you find Rowan, and I meant it,” Julius said. “If that means trekking to the border, then that’s where I’ll be. Or do you really think I’d let my girlfriend wander into danger alone?”

Words failed her.

He lifted her hand and traced a slow circle across her palm. “Unless you believe I can stomach being miles away from you?”

Heat crept up Quinn’s cheeks; after all, Laura and Harlan were still sitting right there.

Laura clicked her tongue. “All right, Quinn–if Julius is going, I can finally relax.”

Harlan slid two small glasses across the table, one to Quinn. “Quinnie, now that we know why Rowan vanished, it won’t be long before we bring him home. That calls for a toast.”

“It certainly does,” she replied with a smile.

She lifted the glass and downed it in a single swallow.

Harlan raised his tumbler and emptied it in one decisive swallow.

Harlan refilled the glass and said, “Another toast, everyone, to Quinnie cutting Trent loose with style. A man like that should never have got a ring from her in the first place.”

Laura added, “Trent looked green today. All this time, he thought Sidonie had saved his life, yet now he knows it was you. What if he shows up again and starts chasing you?”

Julius‘ fingers tightened around Quinn’s hand; Harlan snapped, “If he dares bother Quinnie again, I will break his legs.”

Julius said, “You don’t need to do that. I will simply make sure he never appears in front of Quinn again.”

A shiver ran through Laura. Both men were soaked in violence. An ordinary woman would never survive their kind of protection.

Quinn said, “You two do not need to go that far.”

Quinn, already pleasantly tipsy, smiled. “I used to beat the crap out of you. Don’t tell me you miss this

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