Chapter 8

Among the countless aides who had come and gone over the past year, Chloe Amboise had remained for an unprecedented three months. She placed the documents on the desk with impeccable posture, saluted, and then exited the room. The two men, who hadn’t uttered a single word from the moment Chloe entered until she left, exchanged glances only after the door clicked shut. It was Curtis who broke the silence. “…Was she from the Navy?” he murmured. “Curtis,” Noel warned, shaking his head.