When the car returned to the Weston mansion, it was already 2 am. Thea fell asleep in the car. Zara wanted to wake her up. Cody, however, decided to carry her back into her room without waking her up. There was a lot of stuff to deal with lately, and Thea had been quite exhausted. He didn’t want to deprive her of sleep when she could finally have one.

The mansion was pretty silent at night. One of the guards on night duty held the door open for them.

The bodyguard looked surprised when he saw ...