[EVE]
I had kept my departure a secret from everyone except Sinclair. I didn't want anyone following me to Germany.
This was my journey—a deeply personal one—and I needed solitude to focus on searching for my real family.
But, of course, there was one person I couldn't deceive.
Cole.
"You're not going alone," he had said the moment he found out. I should have known better than to expect otherwise.
Now, here we were, seated inside his private jet, flying toward Berlin. His presence wasn't exactly unwelcome, but it wasn't what I had planned either.
"I'm the head of your bodyguards," he reasoned, his tone calm yet firm. "What if you get kidnapped again while you're there?"
I had to admit—he had a point. After everything that had happened, the idea of being truly alone in a foreign country carried its own risks.
