Throughout everything that had happened so far, Ashley had learned many things.
One of them was that there were explanations behind many of the events from her first life.
Had she not chosen to stay—even if her reasons had initially been selfish—and opened her heart, she never would have known Lucian's feelings.
She never would have realized that getting involved in Primo's life was far better than keeping her distance to prevent him from becoming attached.
And the same applied to everything else.
Especially the major events within Dominion.
"In my past life, this project was the reason Lucian's face got exposed," she muttered to herself. "And Interpol finally obtained a photograph to attach to his file."
Although Lucian had ultimately escaped the consequences through his power, connections, and wealth, the incident still placed him firmly on the authorities' radar.
And that wasn't even the worst part.
