EVRON was twenty-six when he met the woman he never thought it would have a big impact on his life, and he never thought that he hoped she would become his wife. Nakilala niya ito sa café ng kaniyang ina kung saan ay nagpapalipas siya ng oras. The café owned by his mother was one of the few places that his mother allowed to exist untouched by power or blood. Years ago, Evron himself had managed the café—opening at dawn, learning inventory, serving customers, memorizing their faces instead of targets. It was where he first learned how to live like a normal man. Kaya naman kapag kailangan niya ng tahimik na lugar, sa café siya pumupunta. Inside the café, he wasn’t Evron Aiden Laurent Rios—the Chief of the Black Lotus. He was simply Evron with his sleeves rolled up, apron tied at hi

