Chapter 657

As agreed upon the day before, Adam made time to meet Linda in a private room at the hotel's clubhouse. Adam didn't bring Flynn along since it was supposed to be a private meeting and told him to wait outside the clubhouse. He entered and noticed a familiar scent of the incense he usually liked, but today it made his chest feel tight for some reason. He instinctively loosened the collar of his shirt. As a strange sense of agitation crept in, he suddenly felt a burning sensation in the inner pocket of his coat. The sharp sting instantly cleared his mind, and he soon realized something was amiss. There was something off about the incense. His face sank once that thought hit him. His first thought was that Linda had conspired with someone to set him up or get him tangled in bad love luck scandals in such an underhanded way. Given Adam's identity, he was accustomed to assume that it might be a conspiracy. He even suspected that Alex might feel discontent about him taking over the fa